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enAre You a True Francophile? Quiz & Book Recommendationshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/10/26/francophile-quiz-books
Marianna Vertsman, Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street<p><img alt="Pictures of France " title="France Alexandra Jaxtas " class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/bonjour_2_0_0.jpg" /></p>
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<p>Not all <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11738718/QUIZ-How-French-are-you.html" rel="nofollow">Francophiles</a> have to be seasoned with authentic <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/herbs-de-provence-recipe.html" rel="nofollow">Herbes de Provence</a> and hardened in battle with <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dFrench+language+--+Grammar+--+Handbooks%2C+manuals%2C/dfrench+language+grammar+handbooks+manuals+etc/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dfrench+language+grammar+handbooks+manuals+etc&amp;1%2C3%2C">French grammar</a>. Take our Francophile quiz below and find out if you are enamored with Gallic ways !</p>
<p>Do you avoid fat-free and gluten-free products, but rarely refuse a glass of<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21088307~S1"> </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellation_d%27origine_contr%C3%B4l%C3%A9e" rel="nofollow">fine</a><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21088307~S1"> </a>wine? </p>
<p>When your opinion is challenged in a conversation, do you tend to get <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20582665~S1">argumentative</a>?</p>
<p>Do you lean towards the philosophical teachings of <a href="http://us.zadig-et-voltaire.com/us/?gclid=CPjqhILYp9QCFRhWDQodrrcCNw" rel="nofollow">Zadig &amp; Voltaire</a> about as much as those of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/aVoltaire/avoltaire/1%2C5%2C65%2CB/exact&amp;FF=avoltaire+1694+1778&amp;1%2C50%2C/indexsort=-">Voltaire</a>? </p>
<p>Do you believe that all children should be instructed in the fine art of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19426490~S1">rhetoric</a> ? </p>
<p>Do you consider a trip to the supermarket to be a proper occasion for exhibiting your impeccable sense of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19791501~S1">fashion</a>?</p>
<p>Would you be willing to sit through a<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19974856~S97"> three-hour lunch </a>?</p>
<p>Are you familiar with one of the following TV shows: <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20998897~S1">French Village </a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20244199~S1">Spirals</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20026414~S1">Returned </a> , <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb21135502__SVersailles__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Versailles </a> ,Forgotten Girls , Bureau of Sexist Affairs , <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20823049~S1">Kaboul Kitchen</a> , Resistance ,Spin,<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20823045~S1"> Antigone 34</a> , Elite Squad , Dead Beautiful or Reborn?</p>
<p>If you’ve answered in the affirmative to many of these questions, it’s our pleasure to tell you that you are vraiment Francophile! A great number of readers fell under the spell of mellifluous language, without ever achieving desired fluency. Some Francophiles were seduced by the promise of artistic fulfillment, without ever setting a foot in <a href="/blog/2015/12/22/love-letter-paris" rel="nofollow">Paris</a>. The Library invites all our Francophile patrons to develop a habit of taking home random promising titles from our extensive circulating collection. In addition to the tiles on French history and culture, <a href="/locations/mid-manhattan-library" rel="nofollow">Mid-Manhattan's </a> World Languages Collection contains a great number of books and films in <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dFrance/dfrance/1%2C4025%2C9707%2CB/limit">French</a>. This post will discuss a number of recent titles on the history, culture and cuisine of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dfrance+history/dfrance+history/1%2C313%2C1020%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dfrance+history&amp;1%2C17%2C/indexsort=-">France</a>. </p>
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<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>History buffs often suffer from the notion that they missed all the fun in life due to a grave misfortune of being born at the wrong time and place. Reading <strong> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21054701~S97">When Paris sizzled: the 1920s Paris of Hemingway , Chanel , Cocteau, Cole Porter , Josephine Baker, and their friends</a> </strong>will do little to disabuse any ardent Francophile from a belief that <a href="/blog/2015/12/22/love-letter-paris" rel="nofollow">Paris</a> in 1920's was the most exciting place and time be alive. <span>Until time travel is invented, immersing yourself in this book is the next best thing to being alive during those tantalizing and irreverent years. </span>Sizzling with intellectual effervescence, the period <span>between </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dWorld+War%2C+1914-1918+--+Armistices./dworld+war+1914+1918+armistices/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dworld+war+1914+1918+armistices&amp;1%2C8%2C">Armistice </a><span>and </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dStock+Market+Crash%2C+1929./dstock+market+crash+1929/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dstock+market+crash+1929&amp;1%2C8%2C">Wall Street Crash of 1929</a><span> is known as </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12340040~S1">Les Années Folles</a><span> . </span><span>By 1923 the </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18708788~S97">Lost Generation</a><span> </span><span>of American expatiates residing in <a href="/blog/2015/12/22/love-letter-paris" rel="nofollow">Paris</a></span><span> amounted to thirty thousand. </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dBaker%2C+Josephine%2C+1906-1975/dbaker+josephine+1906+1975/1%2C8%2C19%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dbaker+josephine+1906+1975&amp;1%2C9%2C">Josephine Baker</a><span>, </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/aHemingway+Earnest/ahemingway+earnest/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=ahemingway+ernest+1899+1961&amp;1%2C100%2C/indexsort=-"> Earnest Hemingway</a><span>, </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20776202~S97">Cole Porter</a><span> and </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/astein+gertrude/astein+gertrude/1%2C2%2C42%2CB/exact&amp;FF=astein+gertrude+1874+1946&amp;1%2C41%2C/indexsort=-">Gertrude Stein</a><span> were</span><span> among them. </span><span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=+McAuliffe+Mary&amp;searchscope=97&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=t+McAuliffe+Mary">Mary McAuliffe </a> paints the lives of creative and glamorous visionaries of that era against a broad </span>historical and economic panorama of that decade. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19799874~S97">Le Corbusier</a> , <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17641835~S97">Kiki,</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dStravinsky/dstravinsky/1%2C29%2C119%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dstravinsky+igor+1882+1971&amp;1%2C53%2C/indexsort=-">Stravinsky,</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dStravinsky/dstravinsky/1%2C29%2C119%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dstravinsky+igor+1882+1971&amp;1%2C53%2C/indexsort=-">Diaghilev </a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dPicasso+Pablo/dpicasso+pablo/1%2C37%2C177%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dpicasso+pablo+1881+1973&amp;1%2C55%2C/indexsort=-">Picasso </a>,<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=Ravel&amp;searchscope=97&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dPicasso+Pablo"> Ravel</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21054925~S97">Coco Chanel</a> are among the cult figures that fundamentally redefined art, fashion and architecture. Apart from listing the objective achievements of our cultural icons, this author ensures that everyone's amorous pursuits and amusing exploits are duly preserved for the posterity. Her authority on this historical period is not limited to the encyclopedic knowledge of the artistic milieu .While <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19639427~S97">Charles De Galle </a>and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dClemenceau+Georges/dclemenceau+georges/1%2C23%2C140%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dclemenceau+georges+1841+1929&amp;1%2C112%2C">Georges Clemenceau </a>mingled with creative elites , leaders of automobile industry, <a href="https://group.renault.com/en/" rel="nofollow">Renault </a>and <a href="http://www.citroen.com/en" rel="nofollow">Citroen</a> , were engaged in intense business rivalry. </p>
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<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><span>Almost a hundred years after Les Années Folles 85 million tourists visit<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/dfrance+history/dfrance+history/1%2C355%2C1448%2CB/limit"> France </a>every year. </span><span>If you are planning a trip to the most popular destination in the entire world , take along <strong> </strong></span><strong><span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20974562~S1">F is </a></span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20974562~S1">for France : a curious cabinet of French wonders </a>.</strong>This pithy little volume will introduce a novice Francophile to French history and culture in alphabetically arranged bits and pieces. After reading an entry on <em>Fashion </em>, some readers might be surprised to find out that the word describing the fabric of our most significant contribution to the world of fashion, a ubiquitous pair of jeans, hails from a beautiful historical town of <a href="http://about-france.com/cities/nimes.htm" rel="nofollow">Nîmes</a><a href="http://about-france.com/cities/nimes.htm" rel="nofollow"> </a>. In addition to amusing historical anecdotes and tales of peculiar customs , this book contains a good number of practical tips. <span>All tourist heading for France anticipate gustatory satisfaction. First-time visitors will </span>benefit from reading <span> essays dedicated to </span><em>Salade Nicoise, Snails, Frogs , Cheese, Garlic , Galette De Rois, Oysters, Baguette ,Champaign, Absinthe, Wine and Tart.</em> <em> Beef</em><span> familiarizes readers with an endless variety of French beef cuts .</span> A chapter titled <em>Brains</em> explains the appeal of <a href="http://www.regions-of-france.com/regions/champagne_ardenne/food-gastronomy/andouillettes-troyes/" rel="nofollow">andouillette</a> and <a href="http://www.cuisineetvinsdefrance.com/,fromage-de-tete,44534.asp" rel="nofollow">fromage de tête</a> , <span>delicacies that many American travelers might consider a bit too bizarre to try. </span>Did you know that 30 percent of English words are derived from French ? A fascinating chapter dedicated to the <em>Language </em>contains a list of French words with no single-word equivalents in English. Equally gripping is a list of French <span>words and </span>phrases with no conceptual equivalent in English. You might be able to identify a visceral reaction of <a href="http://pimediaonline.co.uk/science-tech/lappel-du-vide-the-call-of-the-void/" rel="nofollow">L’appel du vide</a> and intensely guarded<em> mon jardin prive</em>. </p>
<p><span>Budding Francophiles are secretly intimidated by a rumor that French are inhospitable to tourists. If you intend on reading only one book prior to your visit to France, make it a </span><strong><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20918762~S1">The Bonjour effect : the secret codes of French conversation revealed.</a></strong><span> </span><span>With a publication of this volume by </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBarlow%2C+Julie%2C+1968-+author./abarlow+julie+1968+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abarlow+julie+1968+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau</a> <span>combat against cultural myopia is as informative ,as it is entertaining. </span></p>
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<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>French-speaking couple from Canada, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBarlow%2C+Julie%2C+1968-+author./abarlow+julie+1968+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abarlow+julie+1968+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau</a>, experienced perplexing French cultural codes while residing in <a href="/blog/2015/12/22/love-letter-paris" rel="nofollow">Paris.</a> Julie quickly understood that<span> if you don't greet , you don't exist</span><span>. Rules of proper conduct indicate that prior to addressing a bus operators, supermarket employee, sales representative ,neighbors, parents on the public playground ,or anyone else you wish to converse with , you must acknowledge their presence. Fail </span><span>to utter that </span><em>Bonjour , </em><span>and you will be immediately perceived as</span><em> mal élevé</em><span> , a French equivalent of someone who was <em>raised in a barn</em>. </span></p>
<p>Authors of this book offer readers a number of astute observations on the key concepts that shape French national psyche. Their discussion of widespread cultural phobia of<em> faute</em> is particularly insightful. <em>Faute </em>is roughly equivalent to a combination of "responsibility", "wrongdoing "and "blameworthiness". French<em> faute </em>of any sort, including that of now knowing an answer to a question at work, is commonly associated with oversight and irresponsibility. <span>Even a hint of accusation implies </span><span>personal responsibility and a threat of </span>humiliation, ridicule and loss of current position in a social hierarchy. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBarlow%2C+Julie%2C+1968-+author./abarlow+julie+1968+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abarlow+julie+1968+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">Authors</a> of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20918762~S1">Bonjour Effect</a> believe that such widespread aversion to<em> faute</em> naturally results in commonly observed French unwillingness to admit responsibility for any errors or misjudgments. </p>
<p>Explanations of possible root causes of such obligatory perfectionism are scattered throughout several chapters of this excellent book. <span>An chapter titled </span><em>Know-It-Alls </em><span> reveals French educational system's focus on history, literature and art.</span> <span>Upon enrolling their daughters into a public school in Paris, authors learned that all young children are graded on eloquence and cohesiveness of their public speeches. School's emphasis on rhetoric and philosophy results in a widespread habit of discussing complex issues in an intelligent manner. As a consequence of such comprehensive and competitive educational system many conversations in France resemble a formal <a href="/blog/2017/04/04/thank-you-arguing" rel="nofollow">debate</a>. During a dinner party in Paris a</span><span>uthors witnessed a number of conversations between couples. While discussing the latest film or current election, both spouses openly debated fine points till the conclusion of an evening. American </span><span>couples that publicly disagree on issues would be advised to visit a marriage counselor. French couples public arguments display their undying commitment to each other's intellectual development and personal growth. Hopeless romantics should take notice and adjust their expectations accordingly. </span></p>
<p><span>In a chapter titled </span><em>Finding the Yes in Non </em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBarlow%2C+Julie%2C+1968-+author./abarlow+julie+1968+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abarlow+julie+1968+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau</a><span> highlights additional</span> cultural differences in communication styles. An<span> initial denial of a request ,or a refusal to agree with your point of view , might simply mean that a person is wishing to engage you in a conversation. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBarlow%2C+Julie%2C+1968-+author./abarlow+julie+1968+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abarlow+julie+1968+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">Authors </a>seem to emphasize the fact that all communication in France presupposes willing to participate in a prolonged verbal combat . A clear winner in an ensuing battle of the wits must display impressive breath of general knowledge ,superior mastery of language and <em>esprit</em>. <em>Esprit </em>is form of high-spirited wit , commonly reserved for public sphere. To better understand the concept of esprit , readers can watch <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19909252~S1">Ridicule </a>, </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17759584~S1">Molière</a>, or any other <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/hComedy+films./hcomedy+films/1%2C27%2C0%2CB/limit">French comedy</a> available at<a href="/locations/mid-manhattan-library" rel="nofollow"> Mid-Manhattan </a>library.</p>
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<p>After reading about the rigors of French educational system in <span>T<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20918762~S1">he Bonjour effect: the secret codes of French conversation revealed</a> </span>Franchophiles might feel an urgent need to refresh their knowledge of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dFrance+--+History+--+1789-/dfrance+history+1789/-3,-1,0,B/browse">modern French History. </a> <strong><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21085533~S97">France : a modern history from the Revolution to the war with terror </a>by<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/availlim/search~S97?/aFenby+Jonathan/afenby+jonathan/1%2C2%2C12%2CB/exact&amp;FF=afenby+jonathan&amp;1%2C10%2C/indexsort=-"> Jonathan Fenby</a></strong> is a perfect volume for the task.<span> A recent Gallup Poll found French </span><span>to be amount the </span><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/glad-to-be-unhappy-the-french-case" rel="nofollow">most depressed people </a><span>on earth.</span><span> As a foreign correspondent, </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aFenby%2C+Jonathan%2C+author./afenby+jonathan+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=afenby+jonathan+author&amp;1%2C5%2C">Jonathan Fenby</a><span> is particularly sensitive to a country's current political mood.</span><span> His latest book on France traces historical roots of current national crisis of security and confidence to the country's unresolved conflict between it's </span><span>progressive image and a conservative reality behind many of it's institutions and policies. According to <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aFenby%2C+Jonathan%2C+author./afenby+jonathan+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=afenby+jonathan+author&amp;1%2C7%2C">Jonathan Fenby</a> France has been an "unfinished republic" since the days o<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20285163~S97">f French Revolution </a>.Despite the facts that </span><span><a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/bastille-day" rel="nofollow">Bastille Day</a> is the nation's most popular holiday and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g" rel="nofollow">La Marseillaise </a>is the country's national anthem , not all of it's citizens condone</span> revolutionary spirit of rebellion. <span>While</span><span> discussing </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=France+--+History+--+Revolution%2C+1789-1799.&amp;searchscope=97&amp;sortdropdown=r&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dFrance+--+History+--+Revolution%2C+1789-1799.">French Revolution</a><span> of 1789 , author states that "Modern totalitarian terrorist state had been born in a terrible perversion of the ideal of perfectibility of mankind ". A number of eminent </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97?/aBerlin%2C+Isaiah%2C+Sir./aberlin+isaiah+sir/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=aberlin+isaiah+sir&amp;1%2C13%2C">th</a><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17289648~S1">inkers</a> find the <span>very notion of "perfectibility of humankind" to be utterly incoherent. As described in this book and countless other volumes , <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S97/d?France+History+Revolution%2C+1789-1799&amp;search_code=a">French Revolution</a> is an example of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dFrance+--+History+--+Reign+of+Terror%2C+1793-1794+-/dfrance+history+reign+of+terror+1793+1794/1%2C30%2C2149%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dfrance+history+reign+of+terror+1793+1794&amp;1%2C2042%2C/limit?">practical consequences </a>that always follow grandiose utopian experiments. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aFenby%2C+Jonathan%2C+author./afenby+jonathan+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=afenby+jonathan+author&amp;1%2C7%2C">Jonathan Fenby's</a> is willing to confront unpleasant historical facts . In a time when "impresonal" style of narrative and popular history is becoming increasingly fashionable , this author's ability to pass a stern and sober judgment on the key political figures is very refreshing. T</span><span>his is what he has to say about an infamous French leader "Impassive and mediocre , prejudiced and without ideas of his own, subject to influence of the last person he had spoken to ."</span>
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<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><span>To denote the significance of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dCooking%2C+French./dcooking+french/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dcooking+french&amp;1%2C1539%2C">French food</a> in the history of human achievement, <a href="http://en.unesco.org/" rel="nofollow">UNESCO</a> , an organization with headquarters in <a href="/blog/2015/12/22/love-letter-paris" rel="nofollow">Paris</a>, placed <a href="http://frenchfoodintheus.org/1082" rel="nofollow">French Gastronomic Meal</a> on the </span><a href="http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/decisions/5.COM/6.14" rel="nofollow">List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity</a><span> . Readers that dream </span><span>of achieving culinary perfection and impeccable presentation befitting a proper gastronomic meal, must reach for </span><span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21078207~S1">Escoffier Ritz, Paris : 100 step-by-step recipes from the Ritz Paris Culinary School</a>. </span><a href="http://www.escoffier-society.com/biography.php" rel="nofollow">August Escoffier</a> , known as the "king of chefs and chef of kings'', loaned his name to the famed Parisian culinary institution of <a href="http://www.ritzescoffier.com/en-GB" rel="nofollow">Ecole Ritz Escolfier</a> . Every single page of this exquisitely <span>designed cookbook oozes polished sophistication and savoir-faire. Readers with a friend that frequents Ritz and graciously invites them to share a gourmet meal at her tastefully decorated brownstone, should consider this volume to be </span><span>a perfect gift. Just don't judge this book by it's cover, as it contains clear instructions , complete list of ingredients in both metric systems , and pictures of every single dish. </span>
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<p><img alt="French Comfort Food " title="French Comfort Food" height="194" width="173" style="float:right" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/frenchcomfortfood.jpg" /></p><p><span> </span><strong><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20279325~S97">French Comfort Food</a></strong><span> contains a great number of bucolic landscapes, but fails to provide a picture for most of it's dishes. It's redeemed by very comforting regional recipes . Elegant </span><span>Knitting Needle Spirals with Pistou, Apple Brandy Cream Sauce with Normandy Pork Chop and Rillettes De Saumon are easy to prepare </span><span>Roasted Chicken with Orange and Black Olives is bursting with regional flavors of<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21079120~S97"> Provence</a> .Penultimate French comfort food, Onion Soup, is correctly prepared with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/gruyere-recipe-comfort-food_n_4269658.html" rel="nofollow">Gruyere</a> . Anyone with a French press and an appreciation of rich and complex flavor of <a href="http://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-calvados" rel="nofollow">Calvados</a> will find an excellent recipe for an apre-dinner drink. </span>
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<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><span>Franchophiles that wish to indulge in rich and satysfying meals and fit into that </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_chic_bon_genre" rel="nofollow"> bon chic bon genre </a><span>outfit from </span><a href="http://haussmann.galerieslafayette.com/en/" rel="nofollow">Galerie Lafayette</a><span> , should pay attention to a cookbook written by Dr. </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/availlim/search~S1?/aCohen%2C+Jean-Michel%2C+author./acohen+jean+michel+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=acohen+jean+michel+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">Jean-Michelle Cohen</a><span> .The publication of </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21055254~S1"> <strong>Light French recipes</strong> <span>: a Parisian diet cookbook / Dr. Jean-Michel Cohen, France's foremost nutrition expert ; photography by Bernard Radvaner ; photo styling by Géraldine Sauvage</span></a><span> might solve a major dilemma for those Francophiles that are torn between their ardent passion for </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dCooking%2C+French./dcooking+french/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dcooking+french&amp;1%2C1522%2C">French cuisine</a><span> and their enthusiastic admiration of </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=Fashion+France+&amp;searchscope=97&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;availlim=1&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dFashion+France+">French fashion</a><span>. Along with a recipe for low- fat rillettes and a sensible recommendation to simply limit yourself to a small portion of this delicacy, this book contains numerous light versions of traditional French dishes . A recipe for</span><a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/02/how-to-makethe-best-coq-au-vin-chicken-braised-in-red-wine.html" rel="nofollow"> Coq Au Vin </a><span> appears rather parched and fails to specify how exactly a chicken should be browned. Still, any health-conscious cookbook that recommends </span><a href="http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/kouign-amann/" rel="nofollow">Breton pastry</a><span> , potato and ham salad from Piedmont, cassoulet and foie gras, should get an instant stamp of approval from a health-conscious Francophile. </span>
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<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>A lifelong Francophile, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aMcAninch%2C+David%2C+author./amcaninch+david+author/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=amcaninch+david+author&amp;1%2C2%2C">David McAnich </a>finally lived his dream of settling in France for an extended holiday. Recently published <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21159103~S1"> <strong>Duck season : eating , drinking and other misadventures in Gascony-France's last best place </strong></a> contains an account of his delicious months in <a href="http://www.map-france.com/department-Gers/" rel="nofollow">Gers</a>, a region of France where ducks outnumber people by the ratio of twenty to one. Inhabitants of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/travel/gascony-food-restaurants-france.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">Gascogne </a> are deeply attached to a habit of having long and relaxing meals. A typical meal in<a href="http://www.map-france.com/department-Gers/" rel="nofollow"> Gers </a>will include duck rillettes, duck sausage , duck skin cracklings, <a href="http://nymag.com/restaurants/articles/wine/sommelier/armagnac.htm" rel="nofollow">Armagnac</a>-flambeed duck tenderloins, skewed duck hearts with chanterelles , duck carpaccio, duck-confit Shepard's pie and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18041942~S97">foie gras</a>.The most essential and indispensable ingredient from that region is known as the "balm for the wounds of the soul". The use of that magic ingredient ,duck fat, is becoming increasingly common in <a href="https://fatworks.myshopify.com/collections/single-jar/products/pasture-raised-duck-fat-8-oz" rel="nofollow">this country. </a>In addition to consuming every part of the duck, Gascons drink wine, <a href="http://nymag.com/restaurants/articles/wine/sommelier/armagnac.htm" rel="nofollow">Armagnac</a> , eat cheese, and rarely skip desert. Despite such lack of dietary restrictions, Gers has twice the national average of residents over the age of ninety. Author's passion for cooking regional specialties led him to a peculiar and very exclusive cooking club . After amusing misadventures and <span>number of</span> gargantuan meals David McAnnich achieved a noticeable improvement in cooking techniques. While browsing through his list of mouthwatering recipes and learning about warm welcome the author and his family received from eccentric inhabitants of Gers , it is very tempting to place a trip Gascogne on a personal bucket list. </p>
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<div>Other recent titles that should be on your <strong>Francophile's Reading List: </strong></div>
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<div><span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21051493~S1">When in French : love in a second language / Lauren Collins</a> ( see a <a href="/blog/2017/03/01/aint-nothin-book-love-thang-reading-list-open-book-night" rel="nofollow">review </a>by <a href="/blog/author/778" rel="nofollow">Elizabeth Waters</a> ) </span></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21301403~S1">A brief history of France /Cecil Jenkins</a></div>
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<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21054933~S1">A cook's Tour of France : Regional French Recipes </a></div>
<div><span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20844711~S1">Paris in Winter an illustrated memoir David Coggins </a></span></div>
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<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20650186~S48">French cinema : from its beginnings to the present / Rémi Fournier Lanzoni</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21078580~S97">Les Parisiennes : how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation / Anne Sebba</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21079120~S97">Seeking Provence: old myths, new paths/Nicholas Woodsworth</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20809011~S1">Paris at war, 1939-1944 / David Drake</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19941576~S97">The whole fromage:adventures in the delectable world of French cheese/Kathe Lison </a></div>
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<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21009274~S1">I'm supposed to protect you from all this : a memoir / Nadja Spiegelman</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21078614~S1">My (part-time) Paris life : how running away brought me home / Lisa Anselmo</a></div>
<div>See this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/midmanhattanlibrary/videos/1637744462906381/" rel="nofollow">video </a>of Lisa Anselmo's appearance at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/midmanhattanlibrary/videos/1637744462906381/" rel="nofollow">Mid-Manhattan</a> library</div>
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<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20997930~S97">The little pleasures of Paris / by Leslie Jonath ; illustrations by Lizzy Stewart</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20971332~S1">Markets of Provence : food, antiques, crafts, and more / text and photographs by Marjorie R. Williams</a></div>
<div><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19903933~S1">The French market cookbook : vegetarian recipes from my Parisian kitchen / Clotilde Dusoulier</a></div>
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<div>For a selection on books about <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=Paris+%28France%29+--+Guidebooks.&amp;searchscope=97&amp;sortdropdown=r&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dParis+%28France%29+--+Guidebooks.">Paris</a>, please see <strong><a href="/blog/2015/12/22/love-letter-paris" rel="nofollow">Paris, je t'aime! A Love Letter to Paris</a>. </strong>New French fiction is discussed in <strong><a href="/blog/2017/03/16/albertine-prize-finalists" rel="nofollow">Translated French Fiction: Announcing the Albertine Prize Finalists</a>,</strong> by <span><a href="/blog/author/20" rel="nofollow">Lynn Lobash.</a> Don't </span>forget to share your favorite French reads in a comments section below !</div>
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Area and Cultural Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/10/26/francophile-quiz-books#commentsThu, 26 Oct 2017 13:37:32 -0400Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisishttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/10/02/understanding-syrian-refugee-crisis
Meredith Mann, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<p>Over the past several weeks, we've heard a lot about the plight of refugees fleeing Syria and its neighboring countries for safer and more stable living conditions in Europe. Such a systemic, rapidly-changing issue can be hard to comprehend, but we are confronted with images and stories that beg for our understanding. It has been designated the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, and everyone from sovereign countries to individual citizens is trying to decide how best to respond.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption"><img alt="UNHCR relief for Syrian refugees in Iraq" title="UNHCR relief for Syrian refugees in Iraq" height="334" width="500" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/Syria%203.jpg" /><figcaption>Syrian refugees in Iraq receive UNHCR relief</figcaption></figure></div>
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<p><em>A note on terminology: While the words "refugee," "migrant," and others are often used interchangeably in news coverage of Syria, these words do have different meanings. Refugees have left their home countries due to armed conflict or persecution. They are entitled to protection under international law, as well as refugee-specific protections provided by individual countries. Migrants have left their home countries for better work opportunities, standards of living, etc. They can return without putting their lives at risk. The groups of people currently entering Europe from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa consist of both refugees and migrants, but those originating from Syria are accurately identified as refugees.</em>
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<p>Syria has been embroiled in a civil war for over four years. Before the war, it had a population of about 22 million people. Since then, over 7 million have been internally displaced within the country, and over 4 million are temporarily settled as refugees in neighboring countries (Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan have the highest numbers). Over 250,00 people have been killed, many of them civilians. The number of people fleeing Syria has increased as the conflict has grown and spread to more populous areas, and as the country's internal infrastructure has increasingly collapsed. At the same time, neighboring countries' resources become more and more strained.</p>
<p>All of these factors have led Syrian refugees to begin traveling to European countries in much higher numbers. Over half a million refugees have entered Greece, Italy, and Hungary so far this year, compared to 280,000 last year. Six of the most popular destination countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Finland) expect to receive over 1.3 million asylum applications this year alone. (To put this in perspective, UNHCR reports that Europe received 222,156 asylum applications between April 2011 and December 2014.) The journey to Europe is also significantly more dangerous. Most travel by boat from Turkey to Greece; the most perilous route is from Libya to Italy.</p>
<figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Sign welcoming Syrian refugees to Sweden" title="Sign welcoming Syrian refugees to Sweden" height="235" width="325" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/Syria%202_0.jpg" /><figcaption>Sign welcoming Syrian refugees to Sweden</figcaption></figure><p>Some European countries have welcomed arriving refugees, while others discourage their stay through a lack of services, hostile messaging, or outright violence. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been especially vocal, urging refugees not to travel through Hungary and spearheading the construction of a fence along his country's border with Serbia. Even those willing to help struggle to keep pace with the demand.</p>
<p>To resettle the refugees that are currently so heavily concentrated in European border countries, the EU recently approved a plan to move 160,000 people from "hotspots" in Greece and Italy to other EU member states. The United States has announced that it will accept a maximum of 70,000 refugees this year, gradually increasing to 100,000 by 2017. This is a total number, with no percentage designated specifically for Syrian refugees. Since the beginning of the Syrian war, the United States has admitted fewer than 1,500 Syrian refugees.</p>
<p>In late September, the U.S. government announced an additional $419 million in humanitarian aid for Syria, and the European Commission pledged an additional €801 million, with a further €900 million proposed for their 2016 budget. Refugee assistance organizations continue to petition for funding, with the UNHCR only 44% funded for its plan to deliver aid to Syrian refugees residing in neighboring Middle Eastern countries.</p>
<p>To assist in the acute and ever-growing need of the Syrian refugee crisis, consider <a href="http://7forsyria.org/advocate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">writing a U.S. or international representative</a>, <a href="https://donate.unrefugees.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1873&amp;ea.campaign.id=31158&amp;ea.tracking.id=D15XRX151XXC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">contributing to humanitarian organizations like UNHCR</a>, and staying informed about new developments. The articles and news sources listed below are good starting points for learning more.</p>
<h2>Sources</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-migration/proposal-implementation-package/index_en.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">European Agenda on Migration: Legislative Documents. European Commission.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/10/world/europe/scale-of-migrant-crisis-in-europe.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span><span>Gregor Aisch, Sarah Almukhtar, Josh Keller, and Wilson Andrews. "</span></span>The Scale of the Migrant Crisis, From 160 to Millions." <em>New York Times</em>. 22 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/14/world/middleeast/syria-war-deaths.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span><span>Karen Yourish, K.K. Rebecca Lai, and Derek Watkins. "Death in Syria." <em>New York Times</em>. 14 Sept. 2015.</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34224619" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lyse Doucet, "Migrant Crisis: Why Is It Erupting Now?" <em>BBC</em>. 13 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&amp;custid=nypl&amp;db=mih&amp;AN=109380445&amp;site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Massimo Calabresi. "A Wave of the World’s Displaced Crashes on Europe’s Shores." <em>Time</em>. 21 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/Mediterranean_Update_29_September.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"Mediterranean Update: Missing Migrants Project." International Organization for Migration. 29 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://search.proquest.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/docview/1713901498/E0BBFDBF2C4B4C53PQ/6?accountid=35635" target="_blank">Michael Gordon, Alison Smale, Rick Lyman. "U.S. Will Accept More Refugees as Crisis Grows." <em>New York Times</em>. 21 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34131911" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"Migrant Crisis: Migration to Europe Explained in Graphics." <em>BBC</em>. 24 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&amp;custid=nypl&amp;db=f5h&amp;AN=109411267&amp;site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Naina Bajekal. "A Fractured Europe Scrambles to Respond to Spiraling Migrant Crisis." <em>Time.com</em>. 11 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/09/247115.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"New U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Respond to Syria Crisis." U.S. Department of State Press Release. 21 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-5730_en.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"Questions and Answers: Additional Funding to Address the Refugee Crisis." European Commission Press Release. 30 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unhcr.org/55df0e556.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"'Refugee' or 'Migrant' - Which Is Right?" UNHCR. 27 Aug. 2015.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/aid/countries/factsheets/syria_en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"Syria Crisis." European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Factsheet.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Syria Regional Refugee Response: Inter-Agency Information Sharing Portal. UNHCR.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://go.galegroup.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA429668602&amp;v=2.1&amp;u=nypl&amp;it=r&amp;p=GPS&amp;sw=w&amp;authCount=1#" target="_blank">"Time to Go; Syrian Refugees." <em>The Economist.</em> 26 Sept. 2015.</a></li>
</ul><p>News about the Syrian war and its refugees is constantly evolving. In addition to the specific sources above, the following publications are helpful resources to consult for new reporting and updated information.</p>
<figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:right"><img alt="A line of Syrian refugees waiting to enter Austria from Hungary" title="A line of Syrian refugees waiting to enter Austria from Hungary" height="250" width="375" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/Syria%201.jpg" /><figcaption>A line of refugees waits to enter Austria from Hungary</figcaption></figure><h2>Publicly Available</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BBC Website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://syrianobserver.com/EN/Home" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Syrian Observer</a>, a news website that translates reports from both opposition and state-sponsored sources into English</li>
<li><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"Syria" Topics Page on the New York Times Website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unhcr.org/emergency/5051e8cd6-53ff7749c.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">UNHCR's Syria Page</a></li>
</ul><h2>Available from Home with Your NYPL Library Card</h2>
<ul><li><em><a href="http://search.proquest.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/publication/41716" target="_blank">The Economist</a></em></li>
<li><em><a href="http://i.ezproxy.nypl.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/publication/11561" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></em></li>
<li><a href="http://search.proquest.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/publication/1966348" target="_blank"><em>Newsweek</em>, Global Edition</a></li>
<li><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&amp;custid=nypl&amp;db=aph&amp;jid=TIM&amp;site=ehost-live" target="_blank"><em>Time </em>Magazine</a></li>
</ul><p>Our <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/" target="_blank">online library catalog</a> contains many titles for you to learn more about the history of the Syrian civil war, such as <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19956292~S1" target="_blank">The Syrian Uprising: Dynamics of an Insurgency</a> </em>or personal narratives like <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19723759~S1" target="_blank"><em>The Fear of Breathing: Stories from the Syrian Revolution</em></a>. Search the "<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dSyria+--+History+--+Civil+War%2C+2011-/dsyria+history+civil+war+2011/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dsyria+history+civil+war+2011&amp;1%2C95%2C" target="_blank">Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-</a>" subject heading for more examples.</p>
<h2>Image Credits</h2>
<p>Image 1 courtesy <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ihhinsaniyardimvakfi/9577266204" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation</a> (<span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0</a>)</span><br />
Image 2 courtesy <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Refugees_from_Syria_to_Sweden_03.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Frankie Fouganthin and Wikimedia Commons</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>CC BY-SA 4.0</span></a>)<br />
Image 3 courtesy <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_line_of_Syrian_refugees_crossing_the_border_of_Hungary_and_Austria_on_their_way_to_Germany._Hungary,_Central_Europe,_6_September_2015.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mstyslav Chernov and Wikimedia Commons</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>CC BY-SA 4.0</span></a>)</p>
News Media, Journalism and Publishinghttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/10/02/understanding-syrian-refugee-crisis#commentsFri, 02 Oct 2015 12:11:30 -0400How to Search The New York Timeshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/22/how-to-search-nytimes
Raymond Pun<p><em>Please note: As of January 2017, <a href="https://www.nypl.org/about/divisions/general-research-division/microforms">Microforms Reading Room</a> materials are located in room 119 of the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>.</em></p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img alt="" class="image image image-preview" height="350" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/collage2.preview.jpg" title="" width="354" /></span>Over the years working at the reference desk, I get this question a lot: "Do you have the<em> New York Times</em> on [given date]?" I reply, "YES! Which formats are you interested in seeing? We have some bound copies, microfilms and digital resources." It is one of the most popular primary sources that patrons often want to see.</p>
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<p>Whatever the patrons are researching, the NYT is quite useful for a variety of subjects: genealogy, history, social sciences, etc.; the newspaper covered and still covers many international, national, regional and local issues. We have access to the full run of the newspaper beyond <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" rel="nofollow">the NYT website</a> which contains historical articles but limits you to 10 articles per month.</p>
<p>This post will decipher the Library's record of the NYT and demonstrate how to use the NYT to conduct other newspaper research:</p>
<ol><li>For current hard copies, check your <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations">local library's periodical section</a>. If you prefer to read the NYT in a majestic reading room, consider visiting the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/periodicals-room">DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Reading Room (108)</a> located in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/about">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. The room provides access to many popular and current publications including <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12611002~S38"><em>The Economist</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16490016~S38"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11483389~S38"><em>Vogue</em></a>, etc. See here for <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/29387">a list of periodicals</a> available to peruse in Room 108.</li>
<li>For back issues of the NYT, you have several options: microfilm, bound copies or digital copies:</li>
<li>For microfilm copy, the full run is available in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">Microform Reading Room (100)</a>, first floor in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Why should you see the microfilm copy? Two reasons: <strong>a.</strong> The digital record may contain some catalog records, thus preventing you from finding the right articles and <strong>b.</strong> the digital record may not be able to grant access to all images in the NYT<em>.</em> The microfilm copy, however, does contain all images and look exactly like the original newspaper. You can make copies from the microfilm as well. They are available as self-service titles, no appointments are necessary to access them.</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12403270~S1">Bound copies</a> are a bit tricky: many are fragile and most cannot be copied. You will need to plan accordingly and request them in advance if you prefer the hard copies over the microfilm and digital versions. If you look at the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12403270~S1">catalog record</a>, you will notice that this title is not complete. Feel free to request in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/62181">advance</a>. They will generally arrive in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/general-research-division/rose-main-reading-room">Rose Main Reading Room.</a></li>
<li>Digital: there are currently <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases?subject=&amp;location=&amp;audience=&amp;language=&amp;keyword=new%20york%20times&amp;limit=">several subscription databases</a> containing the NYT for various years:</li>
</ol><ul><li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/new-york-times-1980-present"><em>New York Times</em> (1980-present):</a> Full-text articles from <em>The New York Times. </em>You can only access this database in a library. However, this only runs from 1980 to the current period and is mostly the text of articles so not all will have images like the hard copy.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/proquest-historical-newspapers-new-york-times-1851-2006-w-index-1851-"><em>New York Times</em> (1851-2009)</a> w/ Index: Searchable full-text and page images from <em>The New York Times</em> archive with the option to search by subject headings (index covers 1851-1993). This is the full run of newspaper dating back from the first publication. You can only access this onsite in libraries (bring your laptop and access it over our wifi network.) However, it does not provide articles published after 2009, which means you will need to use the database mentioned above or below to post-2009 materials.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/digital-microfilm"><em>New York Times</em> (Late Edition, East Coast, 2008-2013)</a>: This database gives you the full image of a newspaper running from 2008-2013. Unfortunately, you will need to be in a library to access this resource.</li>
<li><a href="http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nypl?db=SPN.SP00" rel="nofollow"><em>New York Times</em> (1985-present) and <em>New York Post</em> (2000-present)</a>: Searchable full-text of the <em>New York Times</em> and <em>New York Post.</em>) This database searches both newspapers and you can also run this search from home with an <a href="http://www.nypl.org/help/library-card">NYPL card!</a> The database only provides text and not images which may not be helpful if you are searching for a full-newspaper image. However, it runs from 1985 to the present day.
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<span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?482798" title="Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan., Digital ID 482798, New York Public Library"><img alt="Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan., Digital ID 482798, New York Public Library" height="236" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=482798&amp;t=w" title="Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan., Digital ID 482798, New York Public Library" width="300" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan (1935)</span></span></li>
</ul><p>Few interesting facts about the newspaper:</p>
<ul><li>Founded on September 18th, 1861 by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12457445~S1">Henry Jarvis</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11946214~S1">George Jones</a>, the NYT was initially called the <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=s&amp;searcharg=New+York-Daily+Times&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b12457445">New York-Daily Times</a></em> until 1857.</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19509110~S1">The New York Times Magazine:</a> </em>Not to be confused with<em> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10414919~S1">New York Magazine,</a> The NYT Magazine </em>is a Sunday magazine supplement that started in 1896. The magazine contains essays longer than the newspaper articles. It also covers various topics from fashion to politics to technology. The magazine is also generally microfilmed or digitized together with the newspaper.</li>
<li>According to the <a href="http://www.auditedmedia.com/news/blog/top-25-us-newspapers-for-march-2013.aspx" rel="nofollow">Alliance for Audited Media</a>, a a non-profit organization that connects North American media companies, advertisers and ad agencies, <em>The New York Times</em> currently circulates 1.8 million daily copies since March 2013. It is ranked as one of the highest circulating newspapers in the country.</li>
<li>We also have many secondary sources written about the NYT, check them <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=new+york+times&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b19509110">out!</a></li>
</ul><p>If you are searching for articles in other local newspapers such as <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10200837~S1"><em>The New York Pos</em>t</a> or <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12639117~S1">The New York Daily News</a></em>, but you don't know when they were published, it is often recommended to search the articles in the NYT first and then if you are successful in finding some relevant articles in the NYT, you can transfer the dates over to the other regional/local newspapers.</p>
<p>This is called cross-referencing, but it only works if you did find relevant articles in the NYT first. Why search in the NYT first? Because the whole collection is available online. The other newspapers are not completely available online yet.</p>
<p>For more information about researching other historical newspapers, see <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/07/18/researching-and-finding-historical-newspapers-nypl">this earlier post</a>. If you need still more research support in using our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases">e-resources</a>, feel free to attend <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/calendar?keyword=e-resources&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=08%2F21%2F2013&amp;date2_get=08%2F21%2F2013">a free workshop</a> held in the Schwarzman Building or consider booking a <a href="http://www.nypl.org/ask-nypl/make-appointment-librarian">consultation appointment</a> with a reference librarian!</p>
Referencehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/22/how-to-search-nytimes#commentsThu, 22 Aug 2013 17:33:32 -0400Researching Japanese Culture and Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/19/researching-japanese-culture-history
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Dancing Party, Digital ID 119014, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?119014"><img width="540" height="431" title="Dancing Party, Digital ID 119014, New York Public Library" alt="Dancing Party, Digital ID 119014, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=119014&amp;t=w" /></a><br /></span></p>
<p>Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a series of research workshops organized by the <a href="http://guides.nccjapan.org/homepage" rel="nofollow">North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC)</a> held at Harvard. It was a great experience to learn about the latest digital tools, services and resources available for Japanese studies in the humanities and social sciences.</p>
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<p>Throughout the conference, I met many East Asian Studies librarians, specialists and teaching faculty from <a href="http://guides.library.yale.edu/profile.php?uid=4954" rel="nofollow">Yale</a>, <a href="http://eastasianlib.princeton.edu/sgundjp.htm" rel="nofollow">Princeton</a>, <a href="http://guides.library.harvard.edu/profile.php?uid=29039" rel="nofollow">Harvard</a>, Furman University, University of Colorado Boulder, <a href="http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/profile.php?uid=5531" rel="nofollow">University of Iowa</a>, City University of New York: Baruch, and Emmanuel College, just to name a few.</p>
<p>In these seminars, we talked about various resources that can enhance research and teaching pedgogy in the field. I'll share a few here and for those interested in NYPL's Japanese resources, see the list below:</p>
<h2>Digital Resources</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.nccjapan.org/" rel="nofollow">North American Coordinating Council of Japanese Resources</a>: Supported by <a href="http://www.cgp.org/" rel="nofollow">The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership</a>, <a href="http://www.jusfc.gov/" rel="nofollow">Japan-United States Friendship Committee</a>, and <a href="http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/tifo/eng/" rel="nofollow">Toshiba International Foundation</a>, the site contains online resources, tips and other important information on Japanese studies. <a href="http://www.nccjapan.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/un2.preview.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="239" /></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://jdarchive.org/ja/home" rel="nofollow">Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters</a>: "The Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters project is an initiative of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University in collaboration with several partners. We aim to collect, preserve, and make accessible as much of the digital record of the disasters as possible, to enable scholarly research and analysis of the events and their effect. You can find tweets, photos, maps and other digital records of the events of March 2011 and their aftermath."</li>
</ul><p><a href="http://jdarchive.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/untitled_2.preview.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="226" /></span></a></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">MIT Visualizing Cultures</a>: Visualizing Cultures was launched at MIT in 2002 to explore the potential of the Web for developing innovative image-driven scholarship and learning. The VC mission is to use new technology and hitherto inaccessible visual materials to reconstruct the past as people of the time visualized the world (or imagined it to be). The site contains lesson plans, visual essays and other tools to enhance the study of Asian history.</li>
</ul><p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/index.html" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/fa_0.preview.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="223" /></span></a></p>
<h3>Additional Sources</h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://photobank.mainichi.co.jp/php/KK_search.php" rel="nofollow">Mainichi Photo Bank:</a> (In Japanese) Search for photos for teaching or research purposes. It is one of Japan's largest digital archive.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/annai/honsho/shiryo/archives/index.html" rel="nofollow">Digital Archive of the Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy</a>: (In Japanese) Learn more about the history of Japanese foreign policy through archives, documents and photos.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/gallery/" rel="nofollow">The National Diet Library's Online Gallery:</a> From the national library of Japan: "The NDL Gallery features digital exhibitions of the NDL's unique collections with easy-to-understand explanations."</li>
<li><a href="http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/rikkokai/index.php" rel="nofollow">Lantern Slides of the Nippon RikkokaiL Japanese Immigrants to America</a> - "The main images of the lantern slides at this site are lives of those immigrants to Americas, mainly to Brazil, in late 19th and early 20th century. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Library has been given permission to share the images through the Library's Image site."</li>
<li>Check out <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">NYPL's Digital Collections</a> for images, maps, photographs and other visuals on Japanese culture and history.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/ehon-artist-and-book-japan">Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan</a> - an <a href="http://www.nypl.org/node/90306">NYPL exhibition</a> in 2006-2007, this page introduces this special collection of Japanese literary tradition dating from 8th century.</li>
<li>Search NYPL's <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/find-journals-title-databases">online academic journals and magazines</a> from and about Japan.</li>
</ul><h2>Print Resources</h2>
<ul><li>At NYPL, we have many special and general research collections on Japanese studies and history. Depending on your interest, please start your search in our <a href="http://www.catalog.nypl.org">catalog</a> and make sure you switch the location to <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">"Stephen A. Schwarzman Building,"</a> the main research library on 42nd street and 5th avenue. (You can also run searches in English, in Japanese or in Romaji—the romanization of Japanese.)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12064416~S1"><em>Research in Japanese Sources: A Guide</em></a> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aWebb%2C+Herschel./awebb+herschel/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=awebb+herschel&amp;1%2C6%2C">Herschel Webb</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aRyan%2C+Marleigh+Grayer./aryan+marleigh+grayer/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=aryan+marleigh+grayer&amp;1%2C4%2C">Marleigh Ryan</a>: Covers historical sources, linguistics, geography, place names and other general problems concerning written sources, this beginner's guide introduces readers to the subject of Japanese bibliography.</li>
<li>Interested in learning about conducting fieldwork in Japan? <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15800033~S1">Doing Fieldwork in Japan</a></em> is a great start for anthropological research. </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dJapan+--+Bibliography./djapan+bibliography/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djapan+bibliography&amp;1%2C94%2C">Browse the catalog for additional Japanese bibliography and source materials</a>.</li>
</ul>World Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/19/researching-japanese-culture-history#commentsMon, 19 Aug 2013 02:02:45 -0400Modern-Day Slavery: Stories about Human Sex Trafficking and Comfort Womenhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/04/30/modern-day-slavery-human-trafficking-comfort-women
Raymond Pun<p>During World War II, when the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/03/28/jews-shanghai-archives-stories">Japanese invaded and occupied Shanghai</a>, Nanjing and other coastal cities of eastern China, they looted, intimidated, and massacred millions of people to prove their imperial strength and mercilessness. Many children and women were raped and killed during the invasion; towns were burned to crisp and lives were forever changed and destroyed.</p>
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<p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/comfortwomen2.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="251" /></span>Five years ago, my parents told me that my grandmother had endured such a horrific event when she was in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, a coastal province in China. She witnessed people getting killed, and women were kidnapped and brutally raped by the soldiers; with her family, my grandmother had to "mess her face" up to discourage the Japanese from taking her as a "comfort woman." She used dirt from the floor to cover up her face to look unattractive and unappealing to the Japanese. Luckily it worked for her.</p>
<p>To this day, I never asked my grandmother about what happened during that time but I assumed it is something that no one should experience again even if it is retelling the story and making her relive the traumatic moment. Authors such as <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aChang%2C+Iris./achang+iris/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=achang+iris&amp;1%2C8%2C">Iris Chang</a> in her book <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17388699~S1">The Rape of Nanking</a></em> vividly describe the harrowing and painful history of the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dNanking+Massacre%2C+Nanjing%2C+Jiangsu+Sheng%2C+China%2C+/dnanking+massacre+nanjing+jiangsu+sheng+china+1937/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dnanking+massacre+nanjing+jiangsu+sheng+china+1937&amp;1%2C48%2C">Japanese invasion in China, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, etc.</a> and the Japanese treatment of the people from these countries.</p>
<p>During the war in Asia, women and girls who were kidnapped were often turned into "comfort women," another term for enforced sex slaves servicing the Japanese military. Known as "ianfu" in Japanese, many comfort women serviced over a hundred officers and military officials on a daily basis; they were trapped in their hubs called "comfort stations" throughout Asia and were often deprived of food and freedom. Some tried to escape and the ones who were unsuccessful in escaping were recaptured and beaten or murdered.</p>
<p>There were also cases of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) where women caught them, and some also became infertile as a result of the trauma. In some of their stories, women committed suicide to end the nightmare of being a comfort woman.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Asia., Digital ID 1505140, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1505140"><img width="540" height="505" title="Asia., Digital ID 1505140, New York Public Library" alt="Asia., Digital ID 1505140, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1505140&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Map of Asia</span></span></p>
<p>Approximately "400,000+" Asian women and girls from China, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and some European, particularly Dutch women living in Asia at the time were trafficked and turned into military sex slaves. Till this day, the data is still being contested by historians, politicians and activists. When the war ended, women who survived the trauma readjusted to their very different lives.</p>
<p>Much of their stories are being challenged by the Japanese government today, however, with interviews and resources covering their testimonies and the records documenting the history, it is evident that comfort women did exist in Asia during the war. The subject is often sensitive but needs to be discussed so that history will not repeat itself.</p>
<h2>Selected Resources about Comfort Women:</h2>
<ul><li>NYPL Resources on the History of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dComfort+women+--+Asia./dcomfort+women+asia/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dcomfort+women+asia&amp;1%2C22%2C">Comfort Women</a></li>
<li>An interview with a Dutch woman who was a comfort woman: <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dComfort+women+--+Asia./dcomfort+women+asia/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=dcomfort+women+indonesia+semarang&amp;1%2C1%2C"><em>50 Years of Silence: The Story of Jan Ruff-O'Herne</em></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.comfort-women.org/" rel="nofollow">Washington Coalition For Comfort Women Issues</a></li>
<li>Discover the roles that <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=women+--+world+war+II&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dwomen+in+world+war+II">women played in World War II</a></li>
<li>Resources on <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=world+war+II+asia&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xwomen+--+world+war+II%26SORT%3DD">World War II in Asia</a></li>
<li>Hear about their women's testimonies in this artistic film called <em><a href="http://aaari.info/13-04-05Lee.htm" rel="nofollow">Comfort Women Wanted</a></em><em> </em></li>
</ul><p><a href="http://www.globalization101.org/human-trafficking/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/map-of-human-trafficking-2011.preview.jpg" alt="Map of Human Trafficking in the World (2011) by Globalization 101" title="Map of Human Trafficking in the World (2011) by Globalization 101" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="220" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Map of Human Trafficking in the World (2011) by Globalization 101</span></span></a></p>
<p>Something so heinous still exists in society today. The dark side of immigration/emigration is human trafficking, the modern-day slavery.</p>
<p>This slave trade system has generated over billions of dollars for <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/organizedcrime" rel="nofollow">criminal organizations and networks</a> from all over the world. The victims' stories and incidents are far more grueling than what history reveals it to be. The FBI puts it very clearly, "It’s sad but true: here in this country (the U.S.), people are being bought, sold, and smuggled like modern-day slaves." See here for the <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking" rel="nofollow">FBI's take on Human Trafficking &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html" rel="nofollow">The 2000 United Nations Trafficking Protocol</a> established the term trafficking as the following: "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs..." Check out the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2196.html" rel="nofollow">CIA's World Factbook about Human Trafficking &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p>New York City is no exception: there are cases after cases of humans being bought, sold and trafficked throughout the city; some may owe "debts" and must repay them by any means while others were hoping to find better opportunities for work in NYC but were innocently tricked into becoming a sex slave. According to the <a title="National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)," target="_blank" href="http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PublicHomeServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US" rel="nofollow">National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)</a>, 100,000 to 293,000 children in America are in danger of becoming sexual commodities.</p>
<p>"Every minute of every day, the most vulnerable women and children are raped for profit with impunity, yet efforts to combat sex trafficking remain woefully inadequate and misdirected... Sex trafficking is one of the ugliest contemporary actualizations of global capitalism because it was directly produced by the harmful inequalities spread by the process of economic globalization: depending of rural poverty, increased economic disenfranchisement of the poor, the net extraction of wealth and resources from poor economies into richer ones, and the broad-based erosion of real human freedoms across the developing world..." (pg. 3-4 in <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17076776~S1">Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery</a></em> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aKara%2C+Siddharth./akara+siddharth/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=akara+siddharth&amp;1%2C3%2C">Siddarth Kara</a>)</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/taken2quad-620x465.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-preview" width="467" height="350" /></span>Women and children from Europe can get transported to the U.S. or from Asia to Europe and from the U.S. to Europe; there are many criminal networks and trafficking activities going on throughout the world. Many films and historical accounts have covered this topic and displayed the horror of sex trafficking. The blockbuster thriller <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18088277?lang=eng">Taken</a></em> starring <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search">Liam Neeson</a> in his role as a former CIA agent is worth checking out; in this movie, Liam is trying to save his daughter from being sold and trafficked as a sex slave in Europe. The sequel is <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19731656~S1">Taken 2</a>. </em>Keep in mind: there are many stereotypes depicted in these movies.</p>
<p>There is hope in combating human sex trafficking, consider the <a href="http://nyawc.org" rel="nofollow">New York Asian Women's Center</a>, a nonprofit organization devoted to women's issues including sexual and labor exploitation in New York or <a href="http://restorenyc.org/" rel="nofollow">Restore NYC</a>, another nonprofit devoted to end sex trafficking in New York City.</p>
<h2>Resources on Human Sex Trafficking:</h2>
<ul><li>Discover our resources about the history, research and studies behind <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dHuman+trafficking+--+United+States./dhuman+trafficking+united+states/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dhuman+trafficking+united+states&amp;1%2C10%2C">human trafficking in the United States</a>.</li>
<li>Read more about about the epidemic of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dHuman+trafficking+--/dhuman+trafficking/1%2C110%2C337%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dhuman+trafficking&amp;1%2C38%2C/indexsort=-">human trafficking in the world</a>.</li>
<li>For films about human trafficking at NYPL, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Human Trafficking)">see here</a></li>
<li>For online resources, see our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases">Articles and Databases page</a> (recommended resources include <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/jstor">JSTOR</a> and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/project-muse">Project Muse</a>.)</li>
<li>Look at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/dying-to-leave/business-of-human-trafficking/introduction/1229/" rel="nofollow"><em>Wide Angle</em> on PBS</a> research on the routes and business of sex trafficking around the world.</li>
<li>Read about one <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22250772" rel="nofollow">victim's account of being kidnapped and trafficked in Nepal from the BBC</a>.</li>
<li>One of our former <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/cullman-center-scholars-writers">Cullman Center Fellow</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aKeefe%2C+Patrick+Radden%2C+1976-/akeefe+patrick+radden+1976/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=akeefe+patrick+radden+1976&amp;1%2C5%2C">Patrick Keefe</a> wrote an award winning book called <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tthe+snakehead/tsnakehead/1%2C4%2C10%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tsnakehead+an+epic+tale+of+the+chinatown+underworld+and+the+american+dream&amp;1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-"><em>The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream</em></a> <span>about the human smuggling ring operated out of New York's Chinatown in the 1990s. Here his conversation below with <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aMehta%2C+Suketu./amehta+suketu/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=amehta+suketu&amp;1%2C3%2C">Suketu Mehta</a>, author of <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tmaximum+city/tmaximum+city/1%2C2%2C4%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tmaximum+city+bombay+lost+and+found&amp;1%2C2%2C">Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found</a></em> <a href="http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/snakehead-patrick-keefe-and-suketu-mehta">&gt;&gt;</a></span></li>
</ul>Social Serviceshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/04/30/modern-day-slavery-human-trafficking-comfort-women#commentsTue, 30 Apr 2013 02:02:05 -0400Where the Hell is Hell? A Look at the Underworldhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/04/23/where-hell-hell-guide-underworld
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Hell., Digital ID 833593, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?833593"><img width="289" height="400" title="Hell., Digital ID 833593, New York Public Library" alt="Hell., Digital ID 833593, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=833593&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Hell by Katsushika, Hokusai (1760-1849)</span></span>The <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15029124~S1">Ancient Greeks</a> believed it. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dHell+--+Christianity./dhell+christianity/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dhell+christianity&amp;1%2C18%2C">Christians</a> believe it. So do <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dIslamic+eschatology./dislamic+eschatology/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dislamic+eschatology&amp;1%2C70%2C">Muslims</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dZoroastrianism./dzoroastrianism/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dzoroastrianism&amp;1%2C275%2C">Zoroastrians</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dbuddhism+hell/dbuddhism+hell/1%2C2%2C16%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dbuddhism+hell&amp;1%2C15%2C/indexsort=-">Buddhists</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dshinto+underworld/dshinto+underworld/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dshintoism&amp;1%2C6%2C/indexsort=-">Shintos</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dSikhism+/dsikhism/1%2C120%2C554%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dsikhism&amp;1%2C205%2C">Sikhs</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19324116~S1">Mayans</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12036479~S1">Mormons</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17693709~S1">Witches</a>, and few other <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18207830~S1">spiritual groups</a>.</p>
<p>Regardless of their spiritual differences and outlooks, they all believe that after life, there is a special place reserved for people that harm others or <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13465318~S1">indulge in their own "sins" without remorse or repentance</a>; thus their souls deserve this special invitation to <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19421624~S1">hell</a> or somewhere dark, agonizing and unpleasant in a state of foreverness or eternal damnation.</p>
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<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="The Lawyers., Digital ID 833580, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?833580"><img width="540" height="415" title="The Lawyers., Digital ID 833580, New York Public Library" alt="The Lawyers., Digital ID 833580, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=833580&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">The Lawyers in Hell</span></span></p>
<p>What's intriguing about hell is that it is beyond a theological or metaphysical debate: the history of the study of hell (known as <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/05/17/end-world-and-other-subject-headings">eschatology</a>) makes the topic even more fascinating. We know for sure that hell is a place that no one wants to go to after life but can we avoid going there anyway?</p>
<p>Many spiritual groups as mentioned above believe so. They all recommend common deeds, creeds or steps that one should take when they are still alive to avoid the abyss like be kind to your neighbors, do not murder, steal and lie, etc. These values are important to the groups and to those want to avoid hell at all cost. Some believe that hell is below "earth" or where we are positioned while others believe that "earth" is actually our "hell."</p>
<p>What's also interesting is the number of classics and writings alluding to the underworld when the writers have never visited there before:</p>
<ul><li>"Hell is empty and all the devils are here" from <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19650868~S1">The Tempest</a></em> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/ashakespeare%2C+william/ashakespeare+william/1%2C15%2C9431%2CB/exact&amp;FF=ashakespeare+william&amp;1%2C14%2C/indexsort=-">William Shakespeare</a>: numerous references of hell including <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/thamlet/thamlet/1%2C770%2C1687%2CB/exact&amp;FF=thamlet&amp;1%2C504%2C/indexsort=-"><em>Hamlet</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17265554~S48"><em>Macbeth</em></a> and others.</li>
<li>17th century English Poet John Milton wrote <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19666936~S1">Paradise Lost</a></em>, a epic poem in blank verse that focused on the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dBible.+Genesis+--+Criticism%2C+interpretation%2C+etc./dbible+genesis+criticism+interpretation+etc/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dbible+genesis+criticism+interpretation+etc&amp;1%2C250%2C">Biblical story of Adam, Eve and Satan</a>.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(zeus)">Ancient Greek mythology</a>, the Ancient Greeks believed in <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(zeus)">Hades</a>, brother of <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=zeus&amp;submit.x=-988&amp;submit.y=-25">Zeus</a> who is the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(zeus)">Father of Gods</a>. Hades ruled the underworld with an iron fist.</li>
<li>In the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=hell+in+christian+theology&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xlucifer%26SORT%3DDZ">Christian Theology</a>, the fallen angel <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19753291~S1">Lucifer</a> or known as the morning star, is referenced several times in the Bible. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=lucifer&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xsatanic+bible%26SORT%3DD">Lucifer, or known as Satan</a> was cast out of heaven because of his evil nature.</li>
<li>A Western Classic: <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tThe+Divine+Comedy/tdivine+comedy/1%2C43%2C113%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tdivine+comedy&amp;1%2C29"><em>The Divine Comedy</em></a> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aDante+Alighieri%2C+1265-1321./adante+alighieri+1265+1321/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=adante+alighieri+1265+1321&amp;1%2C1152%2C">Dante Alighieri</a> is a 14th century epic poem from Italy that explores life in hell through literary metaphors.</li>
</ul><p>It is obvious that we can't really "test" out the theory of hell since nobody has returned from there to testify its existence or ambience but based on several narratives and surveys from people who have "experienced" hell through a mystical encounter or vision, we can at least visualize what hell could look or feel like. Many have claimed that evil spirits, demons, and ghosts lurk in hell and from time to time, they enter our world and haunt us when we are awake or asleep—known as <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19594371~S1">incubus</a> (male demon seducing women) or <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=succubus&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b19594371">succubus</a> (female demon seducing men).</p>
<p>In hell, Lucifer also known as Satan or the Devil rules over this fiery kingdom with his infamous trident and notorious tail and hooves.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="The Torments Of Hell., Digital ID 833588, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?833588"><img width="540" height="328" title="The Torments Of Hell., Digital ID 833588, New York Public Library" alt="The Torments Of Hell., Digital ID 833588, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=833588&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">The torments of hell. (1906-1907)</span></span></p>
<p>Now don't get me wrong, I am not referring to that experience where you had to deal with your terrible boss, ex or in-law that caused great mental anguish as if you are actually experiencing or living in "hell."</p>
<p>What I'm referring to is the existential experience that some have testified about their metaphysical state in the underworld: "I was horrified as I heard the screams of an untold multitude of people crying out in torment. It was absolutely deafening. The terror-filled screams seemed to go right through me, penetrating my very being. I once heard about a television special where a news reporter spent the night in prison just to experience prison life firsthand. The prisoners were crying, moaning and yelling all night long. He stated that he couldn't sleep because of all the noise. This place where I now stood was far, far worse..." p. 8 From <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18105903~S1">23 Minutes in Hell</a> </em>by Bill Wiese.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/lion-book-cover.preview.gif" alt=" The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on May 29" title=" The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on May 29" class="image image image-preview" width="238" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on May 29</span></span>We also have a book discussion program on themes of <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/199530?lref=36%2Fcalendar">world religion and literature</a> for the summer. You are welcome to sign up for them and join us to discuss the eschatological symbols in these literatures and what they mean to you.</p>
<p>As <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/atwain%2C+mark/atwain+mark/1%2C10%2C1209%2CB/exact&amp;FF=atwain+mark+1835+1910+aut&amp;1%2C6%2C">Mark Twain</a> puts it eloquently, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11083301~S1">"Go to Heaven for the Climate; Hell for the Company."</a></p>
<ul><li>Peruse our Digital Gallery for images of <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=Heaven&amp;s=3&amp;notword=&amp;f=2">Heaven</a> and <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=Hell&amp;s=3&amp;notword=&amp;f=2">Hell</a></li>
<li>See here for resources on the study of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dheaven/dheaven/1%2C92%2C561%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dheaven&amp;1%2C202%2C/indexsort=-">Heaven</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dhell/dhell/1%2C699%2C1970%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dhell&amp;1%2C137%2C/indexsort=-">Hell</a></li>
<li>We also have <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(horror)">films and movies about the afterlife and afterworld</a> or simply <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(horror)">horror movies</a></li>
<li>Read about the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/04/22/helluva-town-origins-new-york-hellish-place-names">origins of New York's Hellish place names: Hell's Kitchen</a></li>
<li>See here for resources on <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dReligions./dreligions/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dreligions&amp;1%2C1273%2C">religions</a> from around the world at NYPL</li>
</ul>World Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/04/23/where-hell-hell-guide-underworld#commentsTue, 23 Apr 2013 10:10:58 -0400Catching the 7 Line: The International Express to NYPL!https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/04/11/7-line-international-express
Raymond Pun<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/5027320580/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/7train11.preview.jpg" alt="7 Train by Scott Beale on Flickr" title="7 Train by Scott Beale on Flickr" class="image image image-preview" width="350" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">7 Train by Scott Beale on Flickr</span></span></a>April is Immigrant Heritage Month. In New York City, April 17th to 24th is <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/imm/html/eoll/eo128.shtml" rel="nofollow">Immigrant Heritage Week</a>. In honor of both celebrations of Immigrant Heritage, this blog will focus on the multiculturalism of the 7 train.</p>
<p>If you live in Queens, New York, and you work in midtown like me, there might be a possibility that you often take the <a href="http://new.mta.info/mnr" rel="nofollow">MTA train</a> to work, particularly the <a href="http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/t7cur.pdf" rel="nofollow">7 line</a> which runs from Main Street, Queens to Times Square, New York.</p>
<p>One of the most interesting things about this line is that it runs into various ethnic pockets of Queens. The train brings and transports a multicultural group of people from all over the world from Queens to Manhattan on a daily basis. Here are some interesting facts about each station that the 7 train runs through:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/6907524683/in/set-72157600112107465/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/flushing.jpg" alt=" Golden Shopping Mall by wallyg on Flickr" title=" Golden Shopping Mall by wallyg on Flickr" class="image image image-_original" width="500" height="333" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Queens - Flushing: Golden Shopping Mall by wallyg on Flickr</span></span></a><strong>Flushing-Main Street</strong>: Interested in Shanghai, Taiwanese or <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/11/15/chinese-american-food-odds-and-ends">Chinese American</a> style food? Informally known as Chinatown of Flushing, the city is booming with restaurants, shops, cafes, and cultural sites from East to South to Central to South East Asia. Flushing is an emerging city that puts the "recession" to shame. A fantastic place to practice your <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(learn chinese)">Chinese language skills too</a>! There's plenty to see and to do in Flushing; one can visit the following: </p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.queensbotanical.org/" rel="nofollow">Queens Botanical Garden &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.queenshistoricalsociety.org/" rel="nofollow">Queens Historical Society &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.queensmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">Queens Museum of Art &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.queenslibrary.org/flushing" rel="nofollow">The Queens Public Library's Flushing Branch &gt;&gt;</a>: one of the busiest libraries in the country.</li>
<li>On the other side of Main Street, there is a big <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=jewish+queens&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xjewish+queens%26SORT%3DD">Jewish community in Flushing</a> too.</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=history+of+queens+new+york&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xhistory+of+queens%26SORT%3DD">Find books about the history of Queens, New York &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>Discover our <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(cooking, asia)">East Asian cookbooks &gt;&gt;</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulhadsall/4651656006/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/citiy.preview.jpg" alt="CitiField &amp;amp; The Apple by paul.hadsall on Flickr" title="CitiField &amp;amp; The Apple by paul.hadsall on Flickr" class="image image image-preview" width="467" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">CitiField &amp; The Apple by paul.hadsall on Flickr</span></span></a><strong>METS-Willets Point</strong><span>: Watch one of NY's most beloved baseball teams, </span><a href="http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nym" rel="nofollow">The New York METS</a><span>, battle it out in </span><a href="http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">Citifield</a><span>! Formerly known as Shea Stadium, Citifield is a major stadium that also serves as multi-venue for concerts from time to time. During the summer, visit the </span><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fmcp/highlights/12014" rel="nofollow">Arthur Ashe Tennis Stadium</a><span> to watch top tennis stars compete in the </span><a href="http://www.usopen.org/" rel="nofollow">U.S. Open</a><span> too! And one of my favorite parks is there too: </span><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/park-features/virtual-tours/flushing-meadows" rel="nofollow">The Flushing Meadows Corona Park</a><span> where the </span><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=unisphere&amp;submit.x=-928&amp;submit.y=-226">unisphere</a><span> is located</span><span>. </span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=mets+baseball&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xhistory+of+queens+new+york%26SORT%3DDZ">Let's Go Mets!&gt;&gt;</a></li>
</ul><p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?ps_mss_cd23_353" title="Unisphere at night., Digital ID ps_mss_cd23_353, New York Public Library"><img src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=ps_mss_cd23_353&amp;t=w" alt="Unisphere at night., Digital ID ps_mss_cd23_353, New York Public Library" width="300" height="244" title="Unisphere at night., Digital ID ps_mss_cd23_353, New York Public Library" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Unisphere at Night</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nysci.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/hallof.preview.jpg" alt="New York Hall of Science, nysci.org" title="New York Hall of Science, nysci.org" class="image image image-preview" width="467" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">New York Hall of Science, nysci.org</span></span></a><strong>111 Street</strong>: Interested in magnetic shockwaves, astronomy, gravity and rocket ships? Check out the New York Hall of Science located <a target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=&amp;daddr=47-01+111th+St,+Queens,+NY+11368&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FX3DbQIdPhyZ-ykp1jLv2l_CiTE_tmF-Hb1TxA&amp;gl=us&amp;mra=ltm&amp;sll=40.747901,-73.851842&amp;sspn=0.014858,0.024161&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=40.747907,-73.851814&amp;spn=0.059432,0.096645&amp;z=14" rel="nofollow">47-01 111th Street</a> where kids, teens and adults can learn more about the wonderful world of science! <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(science children)">Find children's science books at NYPL &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:103st_Flushing_IRT_jeh.JPG" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/720px-103st_flushing_irt_jeh.inline vertical.jpg" alt="103rd Street – Corona Plaza Station on Wikimedia Commons" title="103rd Street – Corona Plaza Station on Wikimedia Commons" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="249" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">103rd Street – Corona Plaza Station on Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a><strong>103 Street-Corona Plaza</strong> and <strong>Junction Boulevard</strong>: Opened in 1917, 103-Street Corona Plaza is one of the earliest stations in the 7 train. In Junction Boulevard, there are many interesting Mexican, Cuban, Bolivian and other Latin American based restaurants. These areas also have supermarkets that import goods from Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn more about making <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(latin america cookbook)">enchiladas</a> through our cookbooks from and about <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(latin america cookbook)">Latin America and the Caribbean &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/with_l0ve/2220676267/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/jackson.jpg" alt="Jackson Heights 2 by With_L0ve on Flickr" title="Jackson Heights 2 by With_L0ve on Flickr" class="image image image-_original" width="500" height="332" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Jackson Heights 2 by With_L0ve on Flickr</span></span></a><strong>90th Street-Elmhurst Avenue</strong> and <strong>82nd Street-Jackson Heights</strong> and <strong>74th Street Broadway-Roosevelt Avenue</strong>: For South Asian cuisine, Jackson Heights is full of great restaurants, take-outs and diners to check out. This is one of the longest streets in Queens too. Learn to make <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Cooking -- south asia)">curry</a> through our cookbook; find <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sd:(Cooking -- south asia)">South Asian, Indian, Pakistani and Bengali cookbooks&gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KrystalCafe_JohnnyAirCargo_WoodsideQueensNY_Commons.JPG" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/krystalcafe_johnnyaircargo_woodsidequeensny_commons.preview.jpg" alt="Woodside, Queens on Wikimedia Commons" title="Woodside, Queens on Wikimedia Commons" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="314" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Woodside, Queens on Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a><strong>69th Street</strong> and <strong>Woodside-61st Street and</strong> <strong>52nd Street</strong> and <strong>46th Street and</strong> <strong>40th Street: </strong>One of the most diverse and culturally integrated areas in Queens, Woodside is home to many ethnic neighborhoods including Little Manila (Filipino Community), Korean, South Asian, Chinese and Latin American "towns" One can find many products, restaurants, shops from these regions; it is a busy location and worth checking out!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/5597128698/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/move.jpg" alt=" Museum of the Moving Image by wallyg on Flickr" title=" Museum of the Moving Image by wallyg on Flickr" class="image image image-_original" width="500" height="334" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">NYC - Queens - Astoria: Museum of the Moving Image by wallyg on Flickr</span></span></a><strong>33rd Street</strong>: Interested in the history of blockbuster films, independent cinemas and the art of movie making? Check out <a href="http://www.nycedc.com/project/museum-moving-image" rel="nofollow">The Museum of Moving Image</a>: it is close to this station.</p>
<p>Interested in checking out modern art? There is also MoMA: <a href="http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/momaqns#subway" rel="nofollow">Museum of Modern Art PS1 </a> near the station to visit.</p>
<p>In addition, if you are interested in trying out <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb15410224?lang=eng">Turkish or Egyptian coffee</a> or want to practice your <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Cooking -- middle east)">Arabic,</a> there is a neighborhood for that. In Astoria, Steinway Street is known as Arab Town where there are blocks and blocks of Middle Eastern restaurants, shops, cafes, supermarkets and more. Learn about making humus and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sd:(Cooking -- middle east)">Middle Eastern food through our cookbooks &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Queensboro_Plaza_Station.jpg" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/queensboro_plaza_station.preview.jpg" alt="View from Queensborough Plaza on Wikimedia Commons" title="View from Queensborough Plaza on Wikimedia Commons" class="image image image-preview" width="467" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">View from Queensborough Plaza on Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a><strong>Queensboro Plaza</strong> and <strong>Court Square: </strong>The new "it" neighborhoods according to <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/court-square-rise-article-1.1266244" rel="nofollow"><em>The New York Daily News</em></a>—Court Square is connected to the Williamsburg neighborhood and Midtown; these locations are easily accessible from Court Square; the artwork, graffiti and skyscraper views are eye opening and jaw dropping.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hunterspoint_Av_IRT_Stair_jeh.JPG" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/hunterspoint_av_irt_stair_jeh.inline vertical.jpg" alt="Hunters Point Avenue on Wikimedia Commons" title="Hunters Point Avenue on Wikimedia Commons" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="199" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Hunters Point Avenue on Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a><strong>Hunters Point Avenue</strong> and <strong>Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue</strong>: Since 1870, Hunters Point has been part of Queens since the integration of these towns: <a title="Astoria, Queens" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria,_Queens" rel="nofollow">Astoria</a>, <span>Middletown, <a title="Sunnyside, Queens" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside,_Queens" rel="nofollow">Sunnyside</a> and others<span>. There are still historic houses from the 19th century in Hunters Point today. Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue is the western based station and final stop of Queens before Manhattan. The view of Manhattan from these locations are stunning and worth checking out. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="The Concourse, Grand Central Station, New York, Digital ID 96640, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?96640"><img width="244" height="300" title="The Concourse, Grand Central Station, New York, Digital ID 96640, New York Public Library" alt="The Concourse, Grand Central Station, New York, Digital ID 96640, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=96640&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">The Concourse, Grand Central Station</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/02/06/happy-birthday-grand-central-terminal"><strong>42nd Street - Grand Central Station</strong></a>: Recently turned 100, GCT is an amazing landmark filled with jaw dropping architecture! The stats for the station are as follows: 650 feet long, 200 feet wide and 100 feet high<em> </em>while the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/general-research-division/rose-main-reading-room">Deborah, Jonathan F. P., Samuel Priest, and Adam R. Rose Main Reading Room</a><span> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a><span> is about 78 feet by 297 feet and 52 feet high. Need I say more?</span></span></p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="New York Public Library,Parks - Bryant Park, Digital ID 1558521, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1558521"><img width="300" height="246" title="New York Public Library,Parks - Bryant Park, Digital ID 1558521, New York Public Library" alt="New York Public Library,Parks - Bryant Park, Digital ID 1558521, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1558521&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">New York Public Library,Parks - Bryant Park</span></span></p>
<p><strong>5th Ave - Bryant Park</strong>: One of the stops to <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">The NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman's Building!</a> The Library has been around since 1911 and under the park, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/12/21/stack-tour">there's layers of stacks!</a> Named after the Romantic poet and editor of <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12642675~S1">The New York Evening Post</a></em>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=William+Cullen+Bryant&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b12642675">William Cullen Bryant</a> in 1884, <a href="http://www.bryantpark.org/" rel="nofollow">Bryant Park</a> is a small public park available for anyone to slow down their city lives and enjoy the natural scenery! There are also tons of events happening all year around in the park: from ice skating to shopping to summer concerts.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Times Building, Broadway and 42nd Street (before completion).,The &quot;Times&quot; Building, Broadway And Forty-Second Street (Before Completion)., Digital ID 810013, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?810013"><img width="202" height="300" title="Times Building, Broadway and 42nd Street (before completion).,The &quot;Times&quot; Building, Broadway And Forty-Second Street (Before Completion)., Digital ID 810013, New York Public Library" alt="Times Building, Broadway and 42nd Street (before completion).,The &quot;Times&quot; Building, Broadway And Forty-Second Street (Before Completion)., Digital ID 810013, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=810013&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Times Building, Broadway and 42nd Street (before completion / 1901)</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_york_times_square-terabass.jpg" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/new_york_times_square-terabass.preview.jpg" alt="Times Square, New York on Wikimedia Commons" title="Times Square, New York on Wikimedia Commons" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="334" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Times Square, New York on Wikimedia Commons</span></span></a><strong>Times Square - 42nd Street:</strong> Since 1904, TS is one of the most iconic attractions of New York City; Times Square is often viewed as the global capital of the world with loads of advertisement, shows, shops and people from all walks of life. Here's an interesting fact: about 1.6 million people walk over to Times Square on any given day; <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dTimes+Square+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29+--+History./dtimes+square+new+york+n+y+history/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dtimes+square+new+york+n+y+history&amp;1%2C14%2C">Times Square is popular and historic</a>. Read <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/27/new-years-eve-ball-drop-times-square">Why The First Ball Was Dropped in Time Square!</a></p>
<h2>Additional Resources</h2>
<ul><li>Check out the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/map-division">Map Division</a> for historical <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dSubways+--+New+York+%28state%29+--+New+York+--+Maps./dsubways+new+york+state+new+york+maps/1%2C3%2C222%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dsubways+new+york+state+new+york+maps&amp;1%2C217%2C">MTA maps!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein-division-us-history-local-history-genealogy">The Milstein Division for U.S. History, Local History and Genealog</a>y also have resources on the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=new+york+city+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xnew+york+city%26SORT%3DDZ">history of New York City!</a></li>
<li>Discover more <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=+immigrant+heritage+&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xtime+square+%2Cnew+york%26SORT%3DDZ">immigrant heritage stories</a> available at NYPL</li>
<li>Check out our <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm">Digital Gallery</a> for more images, photos and maps of our subways, neighbors and cities of New York! </li>
<li>Curious with what people ate in Queens or Brooklyn? Find out in our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/online_projects">digital project</a>, <a href="http://menus.nypl.org/">"What's on the Menu?"</a></li>
<li>Learn more about the history of MTA in the <a href="http://www.mta.info/mta/museum/" rel="nofollow">NY Transit Museum!</a></li>
<li>Need some gift ideas? Shop online or in person at the <a href="http://shop.nypl.org/">NYPL Shop for NYC based gifts!</a></li>
</ul>Children's Literaturehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/04/11/7-line-international-express#commentsThu, 11 Apr 2013 01:01:58 -0400The Jews of Shanghai: Uncovering the Archives and Storieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/03/28/jews-shanghai-archives-stories
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="A Dragon Boat, Shanghai, China., Digital ID 441030, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?441030"><img width="540" height="382" title="A Dragon Boat, Shanghai, China., Digital ID 441030, New York Public Library" alt="A Dragon Boat, Shanghai, China., Digital ID 441030, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=441030&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">A Dragon Boat, Shanghai, China. (ca. 1919-1929)</span></span></p>
<p>"Life was difficult in Shanghai, but infinitely better than anything they had left behind. From lower-middle-class comfort, the Tobias family was reduced to poverty but not to starvation. There was always food, always something to eat, always shelter even when the Jewish community was ghettoized shortly after Pearl Harbor. Thus even under terribly difficult conditions Moses Tobias was able to take care of his family but under the Nazis the conditions of the Jews were far worse than merely 'terribly difficult.'</p>
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<p>"Shanghai was a multiethnic city and the Japanese controlled the city's Chinese populations. There were elite Sephardic Jews from Iraq, Syria and other parts of the Middle East who had long lived and prospered in Shanghai, as well as the new immigrants from Germany. They were later to be joined by Jews from Lithuania and Poland. The British ruled the International Settlement. The more comfortable Jews had built a community in Shanghai replete with synagogues and schools ..." From p. xvi —<em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aTobias%2C+Sigmund./atobias+sigmund/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=atobias+sigmund&amp;1%2C3%2C">Strange Haven: A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Shanghai</a> </em>by Sigmund Tobias</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="of the , Digital ID 818313, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?818313"><img width="179" height="300" title="of the , Digital ID 818313, New York Public Library" alt="of the , Digital ID 818313, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=818313&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Rabbi of the Orient. (1901-1906)</span></span></p>
<p>The anecdote above is one of many harrowing yet hopeful tales of the Jewish people living in Shanghai during World War II. Many of their stories remain to be told. As the Nazi Empire sent shock waves to the Jewish community in Germany, many abandoned their belongings and fled to China for safety since Shanghai was an open port: no visas or passports were required.</p>
<p>From the 1930s, approximately 20,000 refugees escaped the destruction wrought by the Nazis while leaving behind their memories of life, traumas and experiences of war. However, as history reveals itself, Shanghai was suddenly under attack and occupation by the Japanese. The Japanese forces relocated Jews to live in their own ghettos known as the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees (or <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dJewish+refugees+--+China+--+Shanghai./djewish+refugees+china+shanghai/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djewish+refugees+china+shanghai&amp;1%2C16%2C">Shanghai Ghetto</a>) where many were cramped into tiny living spaces, and starved but not deprived of food. In this setting, the Japanese permitted a bit more flexibility for the Jewish communities compared to the Nazis. However, both were still ruthless empires of the 20th century.</p>
<p>The cultural and social histories of Jews living in Shanghai are remarkable: schools were established, theater plays were produced and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10087292~S1">newspapers were published</a>. The Jewish community also built their own synagogues and many are still around in Shanghai today.</p>
<p>Once the war ended in 1945, the ghettos were officially liberated; a few stayed in Shanghai while a majority migrated to the newly established state called <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dIsrael./disrael/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=disrael&amp;1%2C508%2C">Israel</a> in 1948.</p>
<p><span><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14997965~S1"><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/japan.preview.jpg" alt="Sample Catalog Record of a Recording in the Oral History Collection" title="Sample Catalog Record of a Recording in the Oral History Collection" class="image image image-preview" width="452" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption">Sample Catalog Record of a Recording in the Oral History Collection</span></span></a></span>Luckily for researchers, at NYPL we have several interesting oral histories documenting the lives of Jewish refugees living in Shanghai. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=stamberg%2C+susan&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xjewish+shanghai+susan%26SORT%3DD">Susan Stamberg</a>, an American radio journalist who is currently a Special Correspondent for <a title="National Public Radio" href="http://www.npr.org/" rel="nofollow">National Public Radio</a> (NPR) interviewed several Jewish people who lived in Shanghai during that time.</p>
<p>This special collection is part of the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tNew+York+Public+Library+-+American+Jewish+Committ/tnew+york+public+library+american+jewish+committee+oral+history+collection/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tnew+york+public+library+american+jewish+committee+oral+history+collection&amp;1%2C2245%2C">The New York Public Library: American Jewish Committee Oral History Collection</a> which contains over "156,000 pages of transcripts, 6,000 hours of taped interviews, 2,250 informants: this incomparable repository of unique and unpublished primary source material is for the study of what is often called 'the American Jewish experience in the 20th century,' is the mother of all American Jewish oral histories and one of American Jewish culture's most substantial monuments." <a href="http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/oralhistories2.cfm">See here for more information</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbarrison/5924339272/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/jews.inline vertical.jpg" alt="Ohel Moishe Synagogue in Shanghai by HBarrison on Flickr" title="Ohel Moishe Synagogue in Shanghai by HBarrison on Flickr" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="200" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Ohel Moishe Synagogue in Shanghai by HBarrison on Flickr</span></span></a>Listening to some of the interviews was deeply fascinating and transformed my sense of reality into the past, envisioning how they lived in Shanghai: their thoughts about Germany, China and Japan; their social lives; what they were eating, thinking and feeling in Shanghai when it was a developing and poor city. Today Shanghai is a major cosmopolitan city and now part of an international economic hub.</p>
<p>To find this <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15003200~S1">oral history collection</a>, it is highly recommended to contact <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division">The NYPL's Dorot Jewish Division</a> in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> since they require an <a href="http://www.nypl.org/ask-nypl/make-appointment-librarian">appointment</a>. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbarrison/5924338016/in/photostream/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/museum.inline vertical.jpg" alt="Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and Ohel Moishe Synagogue by HBarrison on Flickr" title="Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and Ohel Moishe Synagogue by HBarrison on Flickr" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="200" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and Ohel Moishe Synagogue by HBarrison on Flickr</span></span></a></p>
<h2><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/img_2162.preview.jpg" alt=" Reading Room" title=" Reading Room" class="image image image-preview" width="467" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption">The Dorot Jewish Division: Reading Room</span></span></h2>
<h2>Selected Bibliography</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19680137~S1"><em>Exodus to Shanghai: Stories of Escape from the Third Reich</em></a> / Steve Hochstadt</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14727655~S1"><em>Catalogue of the Exhibition, Jewish life in Shanghai, September 1948-January 1949</em></a> [microform] / [Translated from Yiddish]</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18277494~S1"><em>Voices from Shanghai : Jewish Exiles in Wartime China</em></a> / edited, translated, &amp; with an introduction by Irene Eber</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18752573~S1"><em>Anya's War</em></a> / Andrea Alban</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16130974~S1"><em>Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China</em></a> / Ursula Bacon.</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19658765~S1"><em>The Far Side of the Sky: A Novel of Love and Death in Shanghai</em></a> / Daniel Kalla<strong><br /></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15088469~S1"><em>Israel's Messenger: Official Organ of the Shanghai Zionist Association</em></a> and The Jewish National Fund Commission for China</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11297625~S1"><em>Shanghai Passage</em></a> / by Gregory Patent; illustrations by Ted Lewin</li>
<li>More on the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dJews+--+China./djews+china/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djews+china&amp;1%2C31%2C">History of Jewish Community in China</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dJewish+refugees+--+China+--+Shanghai./djewish+refugees+china+shanghai/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djewish+refugees+china+shanghai&amp;1%2C16%2C">Jews in Shanghai during World War II</a></li>
</ul><h2>Additional Resources</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5488614" rel="nofollow">Center Revives Shanghai's Jewish History</a> by NPR's Louisa Lim (2006)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.shanghaijews.org.cn/english/" rel="nofollow">Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum</a> in Shanghai, China (上海犹太难民纪念馆)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.jewsofchina.org/" rel="nofollow">The Jewish Community of China</a></li>
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<div><a href="http://www.lbi.org/2012/05/destination-shanghai-exhibit/#1" rel="nofollow">Destination Shanghai: The Jewish Community of Shanghai, 1936-1949</a> at The Leo Baeck Institute in NYC</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.oakton.edu/user/2/friend/chinajews.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese Judaic Studies Association</a></li>
</ul>Women's Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/03/28/jews-shanghai-archives-stories#commentsThu, 28 Mar 2013 02:02:27 -0400The Summer Olympics: History and Resourceshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/07/20/summer-olympics-history-and-resources
Raymond Pun<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic_Rings.svg" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/800px-olympic_rings.svg_.img_assist_custom.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="539" height="261" /></span></a>The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially called <a href="http://www.london2012.com/" rel="nofollow">The Games of the XXX Olympiad</a> kicks off on July 27th in <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dGreat+Britain+--+History./dgreat+britain+history/1%2C1386%2C15504%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dgreat+britain+history&amp;1%2C963%2C/indexsort=-">London, United Kingdom</a>!</p>
<p>For about two weeks, the world will be watching their top athletes compete for medals of honor in a multi-sport event. These sports range from <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dboxing+history/dboxing+history/1%2C11%2C68%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dboxing+history&amp;1%2C54%2C/indexsort=-">boxing</a> to <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=archery+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dboxing+history">archery</a>. Some of the most competitive games to watch include <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/Xswimming+olympics&amp;searchscope=38&amp;SORT=D/Xswimming+olympics&amp;searchscope=38&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBKEY=swimming+olympics/1%2C5%2C5%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=Xswimming+olympics&amp;searchscope=38&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">swimming</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=gymnastics+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xgymnastics+olympics%26SORT%3DDZ">gymnastics</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=cycling+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xgymnastics+history%26SORT%3DDZ">cycling</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=weightlifting+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xcycling+history%26SORT%3DDZ">weightlifting</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=basketball+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xweightlifting+history%26SORT%3DDZ">basketball</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?101297" title="The American Olympic Team of 1912, Digital ID 101297, New York Public Library"><img width="540" height="409" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=101297&amp;t=w" alt="The American Olympic Team of 1912, Digital ID 101297, New York Public Library" title="The American Olympic Team of 1912, Digital ID 101297, New York Public Library" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">The American Olympic Team of 1912</span></span></p>
<p>Since 1896, every four years, the <a href="http://www.olympic.org/" rel="nofollow">International Olympic Committee</a> organizes and selects a city to host the games and sets the rules and guidelines of the Olympic games. The original games were held in Olympia, Greece from 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Prior to every Olympic game, there is an <a href="http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/route/" rel="nofollow">Olympic Torch Relay</a> that lasts for a few months to celebrate the event; the flame in the torch symbolizes the Olympic game. </p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?415048" title="Polo playing at Piping Rock., Digital ID 415048, New York Public Library"><img width="540" height="353" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=415048&amp;t=w" alt="Polo playing at Piping Rock., Digital ID 415048, New York Public Library" title="Polo playing at Piping Rock., Digital ID 415048, New York Public Library" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Polo playing at Piping Rock</span></span></p>
<p>At NYPL, we have print and digital resources that cover history of the Summer Olympic Games as well as sport history: </p>
<ul><li>For images and photos of sporting events, check out the <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm">NYPL Digital Gallery</a></li>
<li>Print Resources on the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dolympics+history/dolympics+history/1%2C10%2C158%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dolympics+history&amp;1%2C139%2C">history of the Olympics</a> and the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=sport+history&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xhistory+of+sports%26SORT%3DD">history of sports</a></li>
<li>Digital Resources on the <a href="http://wu9fb9wh4a.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&amp;N=100&amp;L=WU9FB9WH4A&amp;S=T_W_A&amp;C=sports" rel="nofollow">history of sports</a> (online, on-site)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/pressdisplay">PressDisplay</a> provides access to current newspapers from around the world! (online with your library card)</li>
</ul><p>The Summer Olympics 2012 will end on August 12 with a closing ceremony but will return and take place in <a href="http://www.olympic.org/rio-2016-summer-olympics" rel="nofollow">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</a> in 2016. For now, we can all cheer and root for Team USA! </p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?408369" title="R is the RUNNER who tears round the track ..., Digital ID 408369, New York Public Library"><img width="540" height="293" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=408369&amp;t=w" alt="R is the RUNNER who tears round the track ..., Digital ID 408369, New York Public Library" title="R is the RUNNER who tears round the track ..., Digital ID 408369, New York Public Library" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">R is the RUNNER who tears round the track ...</span></span></p>Magazines, Journals and Serialshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/07/20/summer-olympics-history-and-resources#commentsFri, 20 Jul 2012 11:09:32 -0400Women's and Gender Studies: A Research Guidehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/03/09/womens-and-gender-studies-research-guide
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title=" 5th Avenue?], Digital ID 733589f, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?733589f"><img width="540" height="350" title=" 5th Avenue?], Digital ID 733589f, New York Public Library" alt=" 5th Avenue?], Digital ID 733589f, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=733589f&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Women's Suffrage in New York City</span></span></p>
<p>March is <a href="http://womenshistorymonth.gov/about.html" rel="nofollow">Women's History Month</a>. This year, the theme of Women's History Month is <a href="http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php" rel="nofollow">Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: </a><a href="http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php" rel="nofollow">Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.</a> This blog post will explore how one can conduct research in women's and gender studies and history.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations">The research collections</a> of <a href="http://www.nypl.org">The New York Public Library</a> are one of the most important resource centers for Women's Studies in the United States. The collections consist of vast retrospective holdings relating to women, including manuscripts and archival materials, as well as a broad range of current Women's Studies materials reflecting new trends and thoughts on feminist theory and scholarship.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Special Days - Rural Women&#039;s Day - Lillian Gilbreth giving speech, Digital ID 1682437, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1682437"><img width="300" height="243" alt="Special Days - Rural Women&#039;s Day - Lillian Gilbreth giving speech, Digital ID 1682437, New York Public Library" title="Special Days - Rural Women&#039;s Day - Lillian Gilbreth giving speech, Digital ID 1682437, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1682437&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Special Days - Rural Women's Day - Lillian Gilbreth giving speech</span></span></p>
<p>In the United States, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dwomen%27s+studies/dwomens+studies/1%2C265%2C830%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dwomens+studies&amp;1%2C148%2C/indexsort=-">Women’s Studies</a> is an interdisciplinary academic field which explores politics, history, and society from women's perspectives. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=gender+studies&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dgender+studies">Gender Studies</a> is also an interdisciplinary field, but it incorporates race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and location within the study as well.</p>
<p>During the 1960s, the study itself was bolstered by the efforts of several political movements, such as the women’s liberation movement and second wave feminism. In the United States, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/Xwomen%27s+studies+san+diego&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/Xwomen%27s+studies+san+diego&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=women&#039;s+studies+san+diego/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=Xwomen%27s+studies+san+diego&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;3%2C3%2C">San Diego State University</a> established the first academic program in 1970 to address the patriarchal nature of society.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><a title="Women&#039;s Day in the mosque in Morocco., Digital ID 1999083, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1999083"><img width="203" height="300" alt="Women&#039;s Day in the mosque in Morocco., Digital ID 1999083, New York Public Library" title="Women&#039;s Day in the mosque in Morocco., Digital ID 1999083, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1999083&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Women's Day in the Mosque in Morocco (1892)</span></span>Because of its interdisciplinary nature, Women's Studies material is not kept together as a separate collection in NYPL, but is housed within various units of the Research Libraries. Refer to the location field in the <a href="http://www.catalog.nypl.org">Online Catalog</a> to determine where your material is held. Users will need to request these materials to be brought up to them for use in the Reading Rooms.</p>
<p>Although this blog post focuses on relatively current resources in Women's Studies, NYPL's retrospective collections provide a wonderful and unique source for scholars in many areas. Our holdings document the progress of the women's movement in this country from its beginnings, and include manuscript materials, books, pamphlets, newsletters, and periodicals.</p>
<p>If there is a particular women's history or woman you are researching, the quickest way is to browse the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/">Library's catalog</a>. You can search via <a href="http://www.nypl.org/">NYPL's homepage</a> as well, using the search box at the top of the page. Be sure to type in the <strong>keyword</strong> of your search (Examples: Phyllis Schlafly Biography, Gender in Islam, or Women's Suffrage). On the left hand side, you will notice several lists of titles, topics, and subjects that can help narrow down your research. You can also narrow your search results by Availability, Format, Audience or Acquired Time on the left side of the page. If you know the exact title of the book, switch <strong>keyword</strong> to <strong>title</strong>.</p>
<p>For an in-depth search, consider the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/">Classic Catalog</a> and search under <strong>subject</strong> (you can also change <strong>collection</strong> to a Library near you) and type in "women -- United States -- history" or "women -- country of your research -- history" or "women -- history" or "women -- country of your research -- biography."</p>
<p>If the results are still not close to your topic, you can also browse nearby subject terms in the results to get further resources that are classified differently. The location of the item will indicate where it can be requested and viewed. If you need further assistance with your research, please <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/126488">contact the General Research Division &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=Women+--+united+states+--+history&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dWomen+--+iran+--+biography"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/screen_shot_2012-03-09_at_1.22.51_pm.img_assist_custom_0.png" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="539" height="492" /></span></a></p>
<h2><strong>Selected Primary Sources</strong></h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">The Microform Reading Room</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> holds historical newspapers and periodicals covering various women's movements, as well as the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=c&amp;searcharg=*ZAN-T3018&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=1&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=c*ZAN-T3018">Herstory collection (1973)</a>, which contains over 800 journals, newsletters, and newspapers relevant to the women's movement, published between 1956 and 1974.</li>
<li>There is also the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=c&amp;searcharg=*ZAN-T4739&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=1&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=c*ZAN-T4739">History of Women collection (1975-1979)</a><em>,</em> which is based largely on the holdings of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe College and the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. This source reproduces books, periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts, and photographs. Although less international than Gerritsen, it is an excellent source for research in U.S. women's history.</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/c*XM-18470/c*xm++18470/1%2C2%2C2%2CE/frameset&amp;FF=c*xm++18470&amp;1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Gerritsen women's history (1975-1977)</a> is another notable collection of over 4,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals from the 16th to early 20th centuries. The collection, noted for its coverage of foreign material, includes titles in 17 languages. An excellent printed guide is available, with indexes by author, title, subject, date, and language.</li>
<li>To find out how to research historical newspapers at NYPL, consult this blog entry: <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/07/18/researching-and-finding-historical-newspapers-nypl">Researching and Finding Historical Newspapers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/find-archival-materials">The Manuscript and Archives collections</a> throughout the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations#research-list">research libraries</a> have original archival materials on various social movements. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-collections/special-collections">Learn more about accessing the Library's special collections &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For LGBT research in women's and gender studies, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/manuscripts-division">the Manuscript and Archives Division</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> has an extensive LGBT activism collection. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/138008">Learn more &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg">The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</a> is one of four major research collections that houses and collects papers and primary resources from <a href="http://www.nypl.org/archives/3489">Black Women Oral History Project</a> to <a href="http://www.nypl.org/archives/3734">papers from Zora Neale Hurston</a>, among others. Contact the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg/manuscripts-archives-and-rare-books-division">Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Division</a> for more information.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</a> also contains an extensive research collection of women in theater, music, and dance. From <a href="http://www.nypl.org/archives/2911">Music by American women composers</a> to <a href="http://www.nypl.org/archives/4907">Katharine Hepburn's papers</a>, the Library for the Performing Arts is the place to conduct research of women in the performing arts.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division">The Dorot Jewish Division</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> stores important <a href="http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/oralhistories2.cfm">oral history collections</a> pertaining to Jewish women in history.</li>
<li><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm">NYPL's Digital Gallery</a> showcases a variety of digitized content, including images of women and men in political movements, as well as the social history of women in America and abroad.</li>
<li>In <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases">NYPL's Articles and Databases</a>, consider <a class="ext ext" href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/lgbt-life-full-text">LGBT Life with Full Text</a>, <a class="ext ext" href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/everyday-life-and-women-america-c1800-1920">Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920</a>, or <a class="ext ext" href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/african-american-experience">African American Experience</a> for reports, articles, and documents about women and men in social history. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases?subject=829&amp;location=&amp;audience=&amp;language=&amp;keyword=women&amp;limit=">See more online databases on women's studies &gt;&gt;</a></li>
</ul><h2><strong>Selected Secondary Sources </strong></h2>
<ul><li>In <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases">NYPL's Articles and Databases</a>, consider looking for scholarly articles under the following databases: <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/jstor">JSTOR</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/project-muse">Project Muse</a>, and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/academic-search-premier">Academic Search Premier.</a> In these databases, the keyword search might be "women's history," "gender studies," or "feminist theory," depending on your research interest. The databases will list journal articles pertaining to your search.</li>
<li>Perhaps one of the most important scholarly articles pertaining to women's history is Joan Wallach Scott's article "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis" (available via JSTOR under <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=s&amp;searcharg=american+historical+review&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xamerican+historical+review%26SORT%3DD">American Historical Review</a></em>). This groundbreaking article examines how "gender serves as a useful tool to 'decode meaning and to understand complex connections among various forms of human interaction.'" </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tgender+trouble/tgender+trouble/1%2C2%2C5%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tgender+trouble+feminism+and+the+subversion+of+identity&amp;1%2C4%2C"><em>Gender Troubles: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity</em></a> by Judith Butler</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=gender+and+the+politics+of+history&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=agender+and+the+politics+of+history"><em>Gender and the Politics of History</em></a> by Joan Wallach Scott</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18232409~S1">Breadwinners: Working Women and Economic Independence, 1865-1920</a></em> by Lara Vapnek examines the working class women struggling for workplace equality.<br /></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13233476~S1"><em>Women's Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues</em>,</a><strong> </strong>edited by Kathleen L. Endres and Therese L. Lueck</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=c&amp;searcharg=JFL+91-79&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b13233476">Women's Studies Index</a> </em>is an annual publication indexing articles and book reviews from over 90 popular and scholarly periodicals.</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=c&amp;searcharg=JFF+01-4192.&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=1&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=cJFL+91-79">Encyclopedia of Women and Crime</a>,</em> edited by Nicole Hahn Rafter</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12400136~S1"><em>The Jewish woman, 1900-1985: A bibliography</em></a> by Cantor Aviva</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=American+women+prose+writers+to+1820%2C+&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tNative+American+women%27s+writing%2C+c.+1800-1924%3A+an+anthology">American women prose writers to 1820</a>,</em> edited by Carla Mulford</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Native+American+women%27s+writing%2C+c.+1800-1924%3A+an+anthology&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tFeminist+literary+criticism%3A+a+bibliography+of+journal+articles%2C+1975-1981">Native American Women's Writing, c. 1800-1924: An Anthology</a>, </em>edited by Karen L. Kilcup.</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Feminist+literary+criticism%3A+a+bibliography+of+journal+articles%2C+1975-1981&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tWomen+writing+in+India%3A+600+B.C.+to+the+present"><em>Feminist Literary Criticism: A Bibliography of Journal Articles, 1975-1981</em></a> by Wendy Frost covers English language articles selected from 450 periodicals.</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Women+writing+in+India%3A+600+B.C.+to+the+present&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=ther+story+in+sport%3A+a+historical+anthology+of+women+in+sports">Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the Present</a>,</em> edited by Susie Tharu and K. Lalita</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=her+story+in+sport%3A+a+historical+anthology+of+women+in+sports&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=ter+story+in+sport%3A+a+historical+anthology+of+women+in+sports"><em>Her Story in Sport: A Historical Anthology of Women in Sport</em>s</a>, edited by Reet Howell, is a history of women’s sports in the U.S. and Canada.</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=The+reader%27s+companion+to+U.S.+women%27s+history&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tChronology+of+women%7Bu2019%7Ds+history%2C">The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History</a>, </em>edited by Wilma Mankiller and others</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Chronology+of+women%E2%80%99s+history%2C&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tRecreating+Japanese+women%2C+1600-1945%2C"><em>Chronology of Women’s History</em></a> by Olsen, Kirstin</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Recreating+Japanese+women%2C+1600-1945%2C&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tnotable+hispanic+women">Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945</a>, </em>edited by Gail Bernstein</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tBiographical+dictionary+of+Chinese+women%3A+the+Qing+Period%2C+1644+{u2013}1911/tbiographical+dictionary+of+chinese+women+the+qing+period+1644+1911/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tbiographical+dictionary+of+chinese+women&amp;1%2C2%2C/indexsort=-">Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: The Qing Period, 1644 –1911</a>, edited by Lily Xiao Hong Lee and A.D. Stefanowska</em></li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Notable+Hispanic+American+women&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=1&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=c+*R-SNE+93-7022.">Notable Hispanic American Women</a> </em>is a general biographical directory listing notable Latin American women in America.</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=The+biographical+dictionary+of+women+in+science%3A+pioneering+lives+from+anci&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b13834132">The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century</a>,</em> edited by Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13834132~S1">Interdisciplinary bibliographic guide to women's studies</a>. </em>This guide lists subject headings used in the area of women’s studies at the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/index.html" rel="nofollow">Library of Congress</a> and The New York Public Library.</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11010223~S1"><em>Women in the Third World: A historical bibliography</em></a> by Pamela R. Byrne</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/cJFF+96-1610./cjff+++++96+++1610/1%2C1%2C2%2CE/frameset&amp;FF=cjff+++++96+++1610&amp;1%2C%2C2"><em>Women, Race, and Ethnicity: A Bibliography,</em></a> edited by Linda Schult and others</li>
<li>For women in science, business, or law, consider <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/sibl">NYPL's Science Industry Business Library</a>, which has an extensive collection of biography and historical resources covering women in those fields.</li>
<li>For more secondary resources, contact the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg/general-research-and-reference-division">General Research and Reference Division</a> at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,</a> and the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/general-research-division">General Research Division</a> and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein-division-us-history-local-history-genealogy">Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy</a> at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>.</li>
</ul><h2><strong>Selected Online Sites</strong></h2>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html" rel="nofollow">American Women’s History: A Research Guide</a> is is an excellent website on American women’s history, with a link to digital collections of primary sources.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/cwitbooks.html" rel="nofollow">Books about Women and Information Technology</a>. Check this website for books about women and information technology.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women" rel="nofollow">A Celebration of Women Writers</a> is a noteworthy website that provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers and complete published books written by women.</li>
<li><a href="http://monasticmatrix.org/" rel="nofollow">Monastic Matrix</a> is an award-winning website that contains resources for the study of women’s religious communities.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/bibliogs/biblmain.htm" rel="nofollow">Wisconsin Bibliographies in Women's Studies</a>. Consult this comprehensive and current list of bibliographies from the University of Wisconsin’s Women’s Studies Librarian’s Office.</li>
<li><a href="http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/vwwp/welcome.do;jsessionid=81802B58A2CF3AC4035B852A184DFE7D" rel="nofollow">Victorian Women Writers Project</a>. The Victorian Women Writers Project is working to create a full-text library of works by British women writers of the 19th century. Types of works included are anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, and volumes of poetry and verse drama.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html" rel="nofollow">Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites</a>. This is an excellent introductory website for resources and information on women’s studies.</li>
<li>Explore NYPL Blogs and its <a href="http://www.nypl.org/voices/blogs/blog-channels/womens-history">Women's History Month channel &gt;&gt;</a></li>
</ul><p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="[Women In Bathing Suits With Parasols, Ca. 1910s.], Digital ID 817683, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?817683"><img width="300" height="243" alt="[Women In Bathing Suits With Parasols, Ca. 1910s.], Digital ID 817683, New York Public Library" title="[Women In Bathing Suits With Parasols, Ca. 1910s.], Digital ID 817683, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=817683&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Women In Bathing Suits With Parasols, ca. 1910s</span></span></p>American Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/03/09/womens-and-gender-studies-research-guide#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 13:18:32 -0500Finding Jesus at NYPL: A Research Guidehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/21/finding-jesus-nypl-research-guide
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Obraz Spasitelia grecheskago pis&amp;rsquo;ma, v Russkom Musiee imeni Imperatora Aleksandra III., Digital ID 1231203, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1231203"><img width="235" height="300" alt="Obraz Spasitelia grecheskago pis&amp;rsquo;ma, v Russkom Musiee imeni Imperatora Aleksandra III., Digital ID 1231203, New York Public Library" title="Obraz Spasitelia grecheskago pis&amp;rsquo;ma, v Russkom Musiee imeni Imperatora Aleksandra III., Digital ID 1231203, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1231203&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.“ Matthew 7:7-8</span></span></p>
<p>Perhaps no person in human history is more controversial than Jesus of Nazareth. The parable above <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17681057~S1">(among many other well known ones)</a> came from Jesus in the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=new+testament&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xnew+testament+of+the+bible%26SORT%3DD"><em>New Testament</em></a> of the Christian <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tbible/tbible/1%2C15779%2C21853%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tbible&amp;1%2C73%2C">Bible</a>. In these quotes, Jesus emphasizes spiritual morality and responsibility; they also set up the foundation of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=christianity&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xfoundation+of+christianity%26SORT%3DD">Christianity</a>. Despite the numerous teachings and sayings in the <em>NT</em>, Jesus is still an enigmatic figure shrouded in mystery; there is scant evidence about him that remains unclear, as he did not leave much behind regarding his own personal narrative and history. </p>
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<p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><a title="Nazareth, Digital ID 79712, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?79712"><img width="300" height="192" alt="Nazareth, Digital ID 79712, New York Public Library" title="Nazareth, Digital ID 79712, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=79712&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Nazareth</span></span>Jesus, a Jewish preacher, proclaimed himself as the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16523622~S1">Messiah (a redeemer) of the Jewish people</a> yet he was not widely known during his time. Four centuries after his death, Jesus became and served as the perfect model of righteousness to Christians throughout the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=roman+empire&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b16523622">Roman Empire</a> under <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tconstantine+the+great/tconstantine+the+great/1%2C10%2C18%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tconstantine+the+great&amp;1%2C8%2C/indexsort=-">Constantine the Great, the 57th Emperor of the empire</a>. Even after the fall of the empire in 1453, the teachings and life of Jesus still greatly influenced and inspired billions of people across the globe throughout history. Perhaps one of the most controversial aspects about Jesus is his crucifixion which led to his death and resurrection; many Christian sources and traditions assert that Jesus is the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=son+of+god&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xjesus+crucifixion%26SORT%3DD">"Son of God."</a> </p>
<p>Today people who believe and acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Messiah might identify themselves as Christians. With the God (as the Father), Jesus (as the Son) and the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dholy+spirit/dholy+spirit/1%2C49%2C426%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dholy+spirit&amp;1%2C236%2C/indexsort=-">Holy Spirit</a> comes the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dTrinity+--+History+of+doctrines./dtrinity+history+of+doctrines/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dtrinity+history+of+doctrines&amp;1%2C60%2C">Holy Trinity</a> which Christians believe that God is made of three divine persons. This blog post explores how one can conduct a biographical investigation of Jesus of Nazareth using our research collection at NYPL. </p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><a title="Saint Mary with baby Jesus.,Die heil. Maria mit dem Jesus Kinde., Digital ID 1577501, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1577501"><img width="233" height="300" alt="Saint Mary with baby Jesus.,Die heil. Maria mit dem Jesus Kinde., Digital ID 1577501, New York Public Library" title="Saint Mary with baby Jesus.,Die heil. Maria mit dem Jesus Kinde., Digital ID 1577501, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1577501&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Saint Mary with Baby Jesus.</span></span>Given birth by the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=virgin+mary&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xson+of+god%26SORT%3DDZ">Virgin Mary</a> in 4 B.C. in Bethlehem, Jesus was already escaping persecution from <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=herod+the+great&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xvirgin+mary%26SORT%3DDZ">Herod the Great, a Roman king of Judea</a>. According to the <em>NT</em>, Mary, being a virgin, encountered the <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=archangel+gabriel&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0">Archangel Gabriel</a> who delivered the message that she would conceive the son of God by a miracle of the Holy Spirit. Throughout his life, Jesus traveled in various cities such as Nazareth, Judea, Galilee, and Jerusalem. It has been widely speculated that he spoke <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=aramaic&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xherod+the+great%26SORT%3DDZ">Aramaic</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=aramaic+and+hebrew&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xhebrew+language%26SORT%3DDZ">a Semitic language</a> which shares similar linguistic roots with the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=hebrew+language&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xhebrew%26SORT%3DDZ">Hebrew language</a>. </p>
<p>According to the New Testament, sometime in his early 30s, he started his ministry where he preached and performed miracles with <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=twelve+apostles&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xtwelve+apostle%26SORT%3DDZ">his 12 disciples</a>. In the 1st A.D., Jesus was ordered to be crucified for his alleged crimes of heterodoxical-teaching and preaching in Jerusalem. In the <em>NT</em>, it states that Jesus was not found in the tomb but was <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=jesus+resurrection&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xtwelve+apostles%26SORT%3DDZ">resurrected</a> and would return for the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=second+coming+jesus&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xsecond+comign%26SORT%3DD">Second Coming</a>.</p>
<p>About 50 years later, the Gospel translated as "Good News" in Greek, transcribed and translated the accounts and stories of Jesus from Aramaic to Greek. The first and oldest Gospel in the <em>NT</em>, Mark, starkly describes Jesus as a miracle worker sent from above. Along with the other <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=synoptic+gospels&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xsynoptic+gospels%26SORT%3DD">Synoptic Gospels</a> (Matthew and Luke), they reveal and share the memories and visions of Jesus in various intimate ways but they also differ in their accounts. For example, during the crucifixion, in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, passersby mocked Jesus but in the Gospel of Luke, people stood watching the trial. His crucifixion and resurrection have been widely debated, explored, dissected, and even ridiculed for centuries.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="[The last charge to Peter.], Digital ID 1576237, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1576237"><img width="300" height="204" alt="[The last charge to Peter.], Digital ID 1576237, New York Public Library" title="[The last charge to Peter.], Digital ID 1576237, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1576237&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">The Last Charge to Peter.</span></span></p>
<p>At NYPL, there is an abundance of resources with which to research the elusive life of Jesus. To simplify this daunting task, I have made two categories of selected primary and secondary sources:</p>
<h3><strong>Selected Primary Sources</strong></h3>
<ul><li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=bible&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tbible"><em>The Bible</em></a> — Consider reading and analyzing the<em> New Testament</em>, specifically the gospel texts, as primary sources to reconstruct the life of Jesus. From King James Bible (this year marks the 400th anniversary of KJB) to the New International Version (NIV), there are a variety of Bibles from different centuries in several foreign languages held in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">The New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>. These can be found in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/general-research-division/rose-main-reading-room">Rose Main Reading Room</a> under the call number: "<strong>*R-RMRR BS</strong>" — you can also search for the Bible in the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/">Library catalog</a> under the title or subject: "<strong>Bible --</strong>"</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tquran/tquran/1%2C221%2C275%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tquran&amp;1%2C9%2C/indexsort=-"><em>The Quran</em></a> — In Islam, Jesus, known as Isa, is viewed as the Messenger of God, as well as the Messiah. The Quran, the central religious text of Islam, mentions Isa about 25 times. Like Christians, Muslims also believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus, but not as the last prophet. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dJesus+Christ+--+Islamic+interpretations./djesus+christ+islamic+interpretations/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djesus+christ+islamic+interpretations&amp;1%2C84%2C">Discover more about Jesus in the Islamic faith &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm">NYPL's Digital Gallery</a> is full of rich digital images of scriptures, manuscripts, prints, and portraits of <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=jesus&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0">Jesus of Nazareth</a>, <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=virgin+mary&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0">the Virgin Mary</a>, <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=nativity&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0">the Nativity scenes</a>, and others. </li>
<li>Doing research on Ancient Israel or planning to learn Aramaic or Biblical Hebrew? NYPL's <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division">Dorot Jewish Division</a> holds an extensive collection of Judaica and Hebraica that can help you get started in researching life, languages or archaeological sites in Ancient Israel. In addition, the Division also has collections pertaining to <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dJesus+Christ+--+Views+on+Judaism./djesus+christ+views+on+judaism/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djesus+christ+views+on+judaism&amp;1%2C7%2C">Judaism's views of Jesus</a>. </li>
<li>For those interested in researching the influence of Jesus in music, such as Contemporary Christian Music or Gospel, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dgospel+music/dgospel+music/1%2C11%2C22%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dgospel+music&amp;1%2C9%2C">see this list &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For those interested in researching the influence of Jesus in art, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dJesus+Christ+--+Art/djesus+christ+art/1%2C10%2C620%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djesus+christ+art&amp;1%2C514%2C">see this list &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=the+man+nobody+knows&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=.b17903484">The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of Jesus</a></em> (1925) by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBarton%2C+Bruce%2C+1886-1967./abarton+bruce+1886+1967/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abarton+bruce+1886+1967&amp;1%2C23%2C">Bruce Barton</a> presents "Jesus as the founder of modern business who forged 12 men from the bottom ranks of business into an organization that conquered the world." For other biographies of Jesus of Nazareth, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/dJesus+Christ+--+Biography./djesus+christ+biography/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djesus+christ+biography&amp;1%2C609%2C">see this list &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/" rel="nofollow">PBS Frontline</a> recently aired a documentary called <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17262449~S1">From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians</a>,</em> which follows and traces the historical and religious roots of Christianity.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.vatican.va/library_archives/vat_library/" rel="nofollow">The Holy See — Vatican Library</a> (1475) contains over 1.1 million printed books and manuscripts dating back to the ancient times. It is difficult to gain access to its collection, but they may store the richest resources uncovering and revealing the secret history of Christianity. </li>
</ul><h3><strong>Selected Secondary Sources</strong></h3>
<ul><li>Anne Rice, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/arice%2C+anne/arice+anne/1%2C7%2C208%2CB/exact&amp;FF=arice+anne+1941&amp;1%2C200%2C/indexsort=-">author of numerous vampire series</a>, wrote two fiction pieces from the perspective of Jesus in his youth: <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17759570~S1"><em>The Road to Cana</em></a> (2008) and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18056709~S1"><em>Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt</em></a> (2009). Not much is known about Jesus during his childhood and adolescent days. These works are meticulously researched, deftly written, and reveal to the readers what Jesus may have seen and felt during his youth. There is also a third installation in the progress. For other fictions about Jesus by other writers, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=jesus+christ+--+fiction&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dgospel+music">see this list &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For general works about Jesus of Nazareth in NYPL, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=jesus+christ&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=djesus+christ">see this subject list &gt;&gt;</a> </li>
<li>For films such as <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(jesus)"><em>The Passion of the Christ</em></a> or <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(jesus)"><em>Jesus Christ Superstar</em></a> at NYPL, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(jesus)">see this list &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For scholarly articles on Jesus of Nazareth, Biblical criticism, the history and theology of Christianity, consult the following databases: <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/jstor">JSTOR</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/project-muse">Project Muse</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/atla-religion-databases">ATLA Religion</a>, and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/academic-search-premier">Academic Search Premier</a>. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases">Explore more databases &gt;&gt; ﻿</a></li>
</ul><p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title=" red velvet with silver repoussé of Jesus on the cross with the Virgin Mary at left and St. John at right and busts of the four Evangelists in each corner.], Digital ID ps_spn_274, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?ps_spn_274"><img alt=" red velvet with silver repoussé of Jesus on the cross with the Virgin Mary at left and St. John at right and busts of the four Evangelists in each corner.], Digital ID ps_spn_274, New York Public Library" width="237" height="300" title=" red velvet with silver repoussé of Jesus on the cross with the Virgin Mary at left and St. John at right and busts of the four Evangelists in each corner.], Digital ID ps_spn_274, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=ps_spn_274&amp;t=w" /></a></span></p>Language and Literaturehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/21/finding-jesus-nypl-research-guide#commentsWed, 21 Dec 2011 12:14:20 -0500Islam in Europe: A Resource Guide at NYPLhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/15/islam-europe-resource-guide
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Europe, Digital ID 1584672, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1584672"><img width="540" height="445" title="Europe, Digital ID 1584672, New York Public Library" alt="Europe, Digital ID 1584672, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1584672&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Map of Europe</span></span>According to the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4385768.stm" rel="nofollow">BBC News</a>, "Islam is widely considered Europe's fastest growing religion, with immigration and above average birth rates leading to a rapid increase in the Muslim population." There are currently over 15 million Muslims (Sunni and Shiite) living in Europe and Islam is currently the second largest religion in the world after Christianity.</p>
<p>This blog post will focus on NYPL’s rich collection on the history of Islam in Europe: past and present; the historical, political, cultural, and economic relationships between the states of Europe and the Middle East concerning multiculturalism, integration, segregation, gender and democracy. </p>
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<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="A Moslem Reading The Koran., Digital ID 833727, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?833727"><img width="300" height="310" title="A Moslem Reading The Koran., Digital ID 833727, New York Public Library" alt="A Moslem Reading The Koran., Digital ID 833727, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=833727&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Reading The Koran</span></span>The Islamic faith arrived in the European continent from the Arabian Peninsula as early as the 12th century through religious migrations and trades from the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dsilk+road/dsilk+road/1%2C69%2C295%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dsilk+road&amp;1%2C71%2C/indexsort=-">Silk Road</a>, an ancient route that connected to Asia. </p>
<p>During the Middle Ages, European-Christian armies and Muslims waged a series of religious warfare against each other. Known as the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dcrusades/dcrusades/1%2C121%2C1395%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dcrusades&amp;1%2C549%2C">"Crusades,"</a> these holy wars were fought throughout Europe and the Middle East to liberate <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=jerusalem+muslim+rule&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=djerusalem+--+muslim">Jerusalem from Muslim rule</a>. Some countries such as <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=spain+--+&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dmalta+--+">Spain</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dmalta+--+/dmalta/1%2C572%2C1263%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dmalta&amp;1%2C32%2C">Malta</a> were also ruled by Muslims. From the 7th to the 13th century, this period was also known as the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=golden+age+spain&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dspain+--+islam">"Golden Age"</a> because of the scientific advancements, cultural achievements and literary contributions that greatly shaped the history and civilization of Spain and beyond.</p>
<p>In 15th century Spain, some people, particularly Jewish people spoke a unique <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/Xsephardic+spain&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ/Xsephardic+spain&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBKEY=sephardic%20spain/1%2C50%2C50%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=Xsephardic+spain&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;1%2C1%2C">Sephardic language</a> called <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14441044~S38">"Ladino"</a> - a mix of Hebrew, Spanish and Arabic. During this time, the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dInquisition+--+Spain./dinquisition+spain/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dinquisition+spain&amp;1%2C226%2C">Spanish Inquisition</a> under the order of Ferdinand II and Isabella I took place; this national policy forced Muslims and Jews to leave Spain or covert to Catholicism. </p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><a title="Mosque of Omar from s., Jerusalem, Digital ID 112587, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?112587"><img width="300" height="237" title="Mosque of Omar from s., Jerusalem, Digital ID 112587, New York Public Library" alt="Mosque of Omar from s., Jerusalem, Digital ID 112587, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=112587&amp;t=w" /></a></span>During the late 19th century, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=ottoman+empire&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xgolden+age+spain%26SORT%3DD">the Ottoman Empire</a> slowly lost influence and power in the Middle East; it had dominated the region for five centuries. As a result of the decline, the European powers took the opportunity to access these territories. By the end of World War I, the empire dissolved (1923) and the British and French forces took over the Middle East. This caused further political strife which inevitably created and formed new (and revived old) nation states from the shackles of imperialism such as present-day <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=lebanon&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xottoman+empire%26SORT%3DDZ">Lebanon</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/djordan+--+history/djordan+history/1%2C21%2C101%2CB/exact&amp;FF=djordan+history&amp;1%2C66%2C/indexsort=-">Jordan</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/diraq+--+history/diraq+history/1%2C78%2C672%2CB/exact&amp;FF=diraq+history&amp;1%2C109%2C/indexsort=-">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=palestine+--+history&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xpalestine%26SORT%3DD">Palestine</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=egypt+--+history&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=diraq+--+history">Egypt</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dsyria+--+history/dsyria+history/1%2C73%2C537%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dsyria+history&amp;1%2C145%2C/indexsort=-">Syria</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dsaudi+arabia+--+history/dsaudi+arabia+history/1%2C19%2C143%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dsaudi+arabia+history&amp;1%2C99%2C/indexsort=-">Saudi Arabia</a>, (north) <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dyemen/dyemen/1%2C1133%2C2516%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dyemen&amp;1%2C34%2C/indexsort=-">Yemen</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dqatar/dqatar/1%2C158%2C249%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dqatar&amp;1%2C10%2C/indexsort=-">Qatar</a>, and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dturkey+--+history/dturkey+history/1%2C321%2C2395%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dturkey+history&amp;1%2C347%2C/indexsort=-">Turkey</a>. </p>
<p>Today as the political conflicts and revolutions in the Middle East emerge, scholars, journalists and politicians have been discussing these external concerns affecting the world. As many Africans and Middle Easterners are migrating to Europe, the issues of immigration and discrimination, multiculturalism, and gender and religious rights in Europe are being also discussed and analyzed. From <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/Xturkey+european+union&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/Xturkey+european+union&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=turkey%20european%20union/1%2C107%2C107%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=Xturkey+european+union&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;1%2C1%2C">Turkey's attempt to be part of the European Union</a> to the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/X?SEARCH=(Chechen)&amp;searchscope=1">Chechen communities in Eastern Europe and Russia</a>, the NYPL has an extensive research collection to get you started. </p>
<p>To find basic resources at NYPL, search the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/">Library's catalog</a> under <strong>keyword </strong>for "Islam and Europe" or type in a specific country: "Islam and France" and this should narrow down your search results. For a more <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/X">advanced search</a>, switch <strong>keyword </strong>to <strong>subject </strong>and type in "Islam -- (Country of your Choice)." This may give you other sources not listed in the keyword search. You can also narrow down your search by format, location, language or time period. For a brief bibliography, check the list below. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/livefromthenypl/3633393882/in/set-72157619749362025" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/3633393882_bf93752d55_m.jpg" alt=" Shamil IDRISS, Her Majesty Queen NOOR, Emanuele CASTANO, Mohamed EL-FATATRY &amp;amp; Andrea ter AVEST DAHM" title=" Shamil IDRISS, Her Majesty Queen NOOR, Emanuele CASTANO, Mohamed EL-FATATRY &amp;amp; Andrea ter AVEST DAHM" class="image image image-preview" width="240" height="172" /><span class="caption caption caption">Courtesy of Live from the NYPL: Shamil IDRISS, Her Majesty Queen NOOR, Emanuele CASTANO, Mohamed EL-FATATRY &amp; Andrea ter AVEST DAHM</span></span></a></p>
<p>In May 2009, for one week, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/live-nypl">LIVE from The NYPL</a> hosted a series of academic and cultural discussions entitled, "Islam in Europe: Insult: Fractured States?" on the impact of Islam in Europe in the 21<sup>st </sup>century. Notable speakers included the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/media-catalyst-change-islam-europe-part-iv%E2%80%93live-shorts ">Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan</a> as well as prominent journalists, politicians and scholars; subjects of discussions included immigration, religion and society, religious, civil and women’s rights.</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/livefromthenypl/collections/72157617787588400/" rel="nofollow">For more pictures of the event &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/live/multimedia/islam">To hear and view the talks &gt;&gt;</a> </li>
</ul><p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="[Muezzin And A Boy Standing On A Minaret Giving The Call To Prayer.], Digital ID 833751, New York Public Library" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?833751"><img width="300" height="206" title="[Muezzin And A Boy Standing On A Minaret Giving The Call To Prayer.], Digital ID 833751, New York Public Library" alt="[Muezzin And A Boy Standing On A Minaret Giving The Call To Prayer.], Digital ID 833751, New York Public Library" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=833751&amp;t=w" /></a></span></p>
<h2>Selected Primary Sources at NYPL</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15779325~S1"><em>al-Sharq al-Awsat</em></a>: "The international daily newspaper of the Arabs" published in London in Arabic. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/pressdisplay">PressDisplay</a>: Provides access to current newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. Includes over 1,000 U.S. and international titles. Read this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/12/03/pressdisplay-international-virtual-newstand">NYPL blog entry</a> for details about this resourceful database. (Also available from home).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/19th-century-british-library-newspapers">British Newspapers: 1600-1900</a>: Offers researchers with the most comprehensive collection of national and regional newspapers of Victorian Britain. For those conducting research on the British Empire or Victorian culture, they will find this database to be useful. </li>
<li>Historical International Newspapers from Europe and the Middle East available in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">Microform Reading Room</a>: for a list, check this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">page</a>. (Please note that most historical international newspapers must be requested in advance, see <a href="http://www.nypl.org/help/get-what-you-need/access-offsite-collections">here</a>.) </li>
<li>To read current international newspapers such as <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16489061~S38"><em>The Independent</em></a> (U.K.), <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/slondon+times/slondon+times/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=slondon+times&amp;3%2C%2C3"><em>The Times</em></a> (England), <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16525369~S38"><em>Le Monde</em></a> (France), <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10627185~S38"><em>El Pais</em></a> (Spain), <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11827190~S38">Frankfurter Allgemeine</a> </em>(Germany), <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10335780~S38">Corriere Della Sera</a> </em>(Italy), please go to the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/periodicals-room">DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Reading Room</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>. </li>
<li>For more digital newspapers from Europe or the Middle East, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases?subject=1096&amp;location=&amp;audience=&amp;language=&amp;keyword=&amp;limit=">check out this list</a>. To learn more about researching historical newspapers, read this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/07/18/researching-and-finding-historical-newspapers-nypl">NYPL blog entry</a>. </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=s&amp;searcharg=Monde+des+Religions&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=sMondes+des+Religions"><em>Le Monde des Religions</em></a> is a French bimonthly periodical that focuses on religious traditions and spiritualities in the European continent. </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tArab+Historians+of+the+crusades/tarab+historians+of+the+crusades/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tarab+historians+of+the+crusades&amp;1%2C2%2C"><em>Arab Historian Crusades</em></a> / selected and translated from the Arabic sources by Francesco Gabrieli; translated from the italian by E.J. Costello - offers the perspectives and accounts of Arab historians viewing and documenting the Crusades. </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=Napoleon+in+Egypt&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xal-jabarti+chronicle%26SORT%3DDZ"><em>Napoleon in Egypt</em></a> chronicles the French invasion in Egypt through the eyes of a French officer and an Arab historian. </li>
<li>For maps, prints and images of Europe and the Middle East, check out <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm">NYPL's Digital Gallery</a> and also check out the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/map-division">Map Division</a>.</li>
<li>Learn more about the <a href="http://exhibitions.nypl.org/threefaiths/node/38">Islamic faith through NYPL's Three Faiths Online Exhibition&gt;&gt;</a> </li>
</ul><h2>Selected Secondary Sources at NYPL</h2>
<ul><li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16462409~S1">Why the French don't like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space</a></em><strong> </strong>by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBowen%2C+John+Richard%2C+1951-/abowen+john+richard+1951/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abowen+john+richard+1951&amp;1%2C6%2C">John Bowen</a> examines the controversy behind the French government's banning of the veil and other religious symbols in public schools as it infringes on religious freedom. </li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=The+Politics+of+the+Veil+&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tThe+Politics+of+the+Veil+">Politics of The Veil</a></em> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aScott%2C+Joan+Wallach./ascott+joan+wallach/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=ascott+joan+wallach&amp;1%2C21%2C">Joan Wallach Scott</a> - Similar to Bowen's work, Scott explores "the long history of racism behind the law as well as the ideological barriers thrown up against Muslim assimilation in France."</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18162290~S1"><em>What I Believe</em></a> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aRamadan%2C+Tariq./aramadan+tariq/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=aramadan+tariq&amp;1%2C14%2C">Tariq Ramadan</a> - Ramadan is "among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West, with a large following around world. In this work, he calls on Western Muslims to escape the mental, social, cultural, and religious ghettos they have created for themselves and become full partners in the democratic societies in which they live. At the same time, he calls for the rest to recognize our Muslim neighbors as citizens with rights and responsibilities the same as ours ..."</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/twhite+teeth/twhite+teeth/1%2C3%2C9%2CB/exact&amp;FF=twhite+teeth+a+novel&amp;1%2C2%2C"><em>White Teeth</em></a><em> </em>by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=smith%2C+zadie&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=aRamadan%2C+Tariq.">Zadie Smith</a> - a novel that explores the issues of multiculturalism in London through the lens of two families. Smith also spoke at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/zadie-smith">LIVE from the NYPL</a> on Speaking in Tongues. </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15388097~S1"><em>Muslims in the West: From Sojourners to Citizens</em></a> edited by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aHaddad%2C+Yvonne+Yazbeck./ahaddad+yvonne+yazbeck/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=ahaddad+yvonne+yazbeck+1935&amp;1%2C22%2C">Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad</a> is a collection of essays that "studies the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, and how Muslims are adapting to life in the West." </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11804172~S1"><em>Heretic and Hero: Muhammad and the Victorians</em></a> by <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=almond%2C+philip&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dturkey+--+history">Phillip C. Almond</a> examines the Victorian impressions and images of the Prophet Muhammad. </li>
<li>For more on <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=islam+--+spain&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dimmigration+--+europe">Islamic Spain &gt;&gt;</a> </li>
<li>For more on the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=ottoman+empire&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=twhy+the+middle+ages+matter">Ottoman Empire&gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For more on <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dCivilization+--+medieval/dcivilization+medieval/1%2C125%2C2741%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dcivilization+medieval&amp;1%2C1425%2C">Medieval Europe &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For a more in-depth list of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=d&amp;searcharg=Muslims+--+europe&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=dMuslims+--+Non-Muslim+countries+--+Social+conditi">academic titles on this subject &gt;&gt;</a> </li>
<li>For a current index of scholarly articles on Islam in World History, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tindex+islamacus/tindex+islamacus/-3%2C0%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tindex+islamicus&amp;1%2C3%2C/indexsort=-">consider <em>Index Islamicus</em>&gt;&gt;</a></li>
<li>For scholarly articles on the contemporary and historical research on Islam and Europe, check out the following <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/places-start-research">databases</a>:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/jstor">JSTOR</a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/project-muse">Project Muse</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/atla-religion-databases">ATLA Religion</a> and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/academic-search-premier">Academic Search Premier</a>. For more <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases">databases&gt;&gt; </a><a id="fck_paste_padding">﻿</a></li>
</ul><p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/islamineurope.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-preview" width="500" height="186" /></span></p>World Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/15/islam-europe-resource-guide#commentsThu, 15 Dec 2011 10:08:03 -0500The Face of Intellectual Beauty: The New York Review of Books at 48https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/11/23/nyrb-turns-48
Raymond Pun<p><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/untitled_0.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-preview" width="391" height="350" /></span>First published on February 1st, 1963, <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/" rel="nofollow"><em>The New York Review of Books</em></a> has been hailed to be one of the world's leading intellectual literary magazines. Known for its sharp and critical insights, commentaries and book reviews on culture, literature and current affairs, <em>The NYRB </em>has had much success in gaining attention from and written contributions by eminent scholars, intellectuals and writers such as <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Joan Didion)">Margaret Atwood</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Joan Didion)">Noam Chomsky</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Joan Didion)">Harold Bloom</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Joan Didion)">John Updike</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Joan Didion)">Gore Vidal</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Joan Didion)">Joan Didion</a>, and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/abeard%2C+mary/abeard+mary/1%2C7%2C65%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abeard+mary&amp;1%2C10%2C">Mary Beard</a>. The magazine was published in response to a printing strike in 1963 when <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/snew+york+times/snew+york+times/1%2C50%2C64%2CB/exact&amp;FF=snew+york+times&amp;1%2C5%2C/indexsort=-"><em>The New York Times</em></a> had ceased publication temporarily. This was a grand opportunity for The NYRB editors to promote new books and run in depth reviews on them.</p>
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<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/scan32602.img_assist_custom_0.jpg" alt="The First Issue of The New York Review of Books" title="The First Issue of The New York Review of Books" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="170" height="233" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">The First Issue of The New York Review of Books</span></span>From the political shockwaves of the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Nicholson Baker house holes)">Arab Spring</a> in the Middle East to a book review of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Nicholson Baker house holes)">Nicholson Baker</a>'s sinfully delicious novel: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Nicholson Baker house holes)"><em>House of Holes</em></a>, <em>The NYRB</em> publishes an array of intellectually engaging essays that will make you think twice about the prerogatives of the human condition and consciousness. </p>
<p>Turning 50 this year, <em>The NYRB</em> still gracefully rocks the literary runway with a pair of high intellectual heels; on the political and literary discourses of society and culture, the magazine stands out with cutting edge critiques and thought-provoking analyses.<span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/scan32604.preview.jpg" alt="The NYRB at 25" title="The NYRB at 25" class="image image image-preview" width="261" height="350" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">The NYRB at 25</span></span>Here at <a href="http://www.nypl.org/">NYPL</a>, we have the whole collection of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/snew+york+review+of+books/snew+york+review+of+books/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=snew+york+review+of+books&amp;2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><em>The NYRB</em></a> — from the first issue in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">microfilm</a> to the latest issue in hardcopy ready to be read and intellectually devoured in the elegant <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/periodicals-room">DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Reading Room</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>. You can also view the complete series of <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/new-york-review-books-0">NYRB online!</a></p>
<p>We also have many scholarly and literary works reviewed in the periodical as well as other works by the writers and reviewers. If you know the author's, editor's or reviewer's name, you can easily find works by him or her through the <a href="http://nypl.bibliocommons.com/dashboard/index" rel="nofollow">Library's catalog</a> under author or title. Once the results come up you can also narrow it down to location on the left hand side; the most extensive literary and historical works as well as the complete run of <em>The NYRB</em> are kept in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.</a> <em>The NYRB</em> comes out once every two weeks. </p>
<p>For other intellectually driven and stimulating magazines/newspapers that review other works, consider the following:</p>
<ul><li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/snew+yorker/snew+yorker/1%2C43%2C60%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=snew+yorker&amp;5%2C%2C7">The New Yorker</a></em> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19409913~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/sparis+review/sparis+review/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=sparis+review&amp;1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-">The Paris Review</a> </em>(<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19411653~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tnew+york+times+book+review/tnew+york+times+book+review/1%2C5%2C13%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tnew+york+times+book+review&amp;1%2C9%2C"><em>Book Review</em></a> under <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/snew+york+times/snew+york+times/1%2C50%2C64%2CB/exact&amp;FF=snew+york+times&amp;1%2C5%2C/indexsort=-"><em>The New York Times</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19409903~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/sbooklist/sbooklist/1%2C4%2C6%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=sbooklist&amp;3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><em>Booklist</em></a> from <a href="http://www.ala.org/" rel="nofollow">The American Library Association</a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=s&amp;searcharg=london+review+of+books&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=sbooklist"><em>The London Review of Books</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/sharper%27%27s/sharpers/1%2C18%2C25%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=sharpers&amp;2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>Harper's Magazine</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19399235~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/stimes+literary+supplement/stimes+literary+supplement/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=stimes+literary+supplement&amp;3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-"><em>Times Literary Supplement</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19418310~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/sNew+Republic/snew+republic/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=snew+republic&amp;1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>The New Republic</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19409832~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/sbook+world/sbook+world/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=sbook+world&amp;1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>The Book World</em></a> from <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/swashington+post/swashington+post/1%2C11%2C24%2CB/exact&amp;FF=swashington+post&amp;1%2C10%2C/indexsort=-"><em>The Washington Post</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38/?searchtype=s&amp;searcharg=yale+review&amp;searchscope=38&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=sbook+world"><em>Yale Review</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/sharvard+review/sharvard+review/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=sharvard+review&amp;2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>Harvard Review</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19399284~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S38?/satlantic+monthly/satlantic+monthly/1%2C4%2C5%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=satlantic+monthly&amp;2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-"><em>The Atlantic Monthly</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19387798~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18533829~S38"><em>The Nation</em></a> (<a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/nation-archive-1865-present">access online, on-site</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/scommentary/scommentary/1%2C11%2C16%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=scommentary&amp;4%2C%2C6/indexsort=-"><em>The Commentary Magazine</em></a> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19392129~S1">access online</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18930269~S1"><em>Jewish Review of Books</em></a></li>
<li><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/sthree+penny+review/sthree+penny+review/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=sthree+penny+review&amp;1%2C%2C2">The Threepenny Review</a></em> (<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19418223~S1">access online</a>)</li>
</ul><p>One of my colleagues, <a href="http://www.jeanstrouse.com" rel="nofollow">Jean Strouse,</a> Director of the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/cullman-center-scholars-writers">Cullman Center</a> at NYPL, best known for her deftly written, award-winning biographies of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aStrouse%2C+Jean./astrouse+jean/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=astrouse+jean&amp;2%2C%2C9">Alice James</a> and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/astrouse%2C+jean/astrouse+jean/1%2C2%2C10%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=astrouse+jean&amp;5%2C%2C9">J.P Morgan</a><em>, </em>describes her entry into literary New York, "My first job out of college was as assistant to <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/asilvers%2C+robert/asilvers+robert/1%2C4%2C18%2CB/exact&amp;FF=asilvers+robert+b&amp;1%2C14%2C">Bob Silvers</a>, one of the two editors at <em>The Review</em> (the other being <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aepstein%2C+barbara/aepstein+barbara/1%2C6%2C18%2CB/exact&amp;FF=aepstein+barbara&amp;1%2C10%2C">Barbara Epstein</a>). Working there with Bob gave me an extraordinary immersion-education in the world of contemporary literary culture — and in the fine arts of editing and writing." </p>
<p>On Wednesday April 3rd, 2013, at 7 p.m. in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>: Celeste Bartos Forum, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/conversations-cullman-center">Conversations From The Cullman Center</a> will host a free public program: <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2013/04/02/celebrating-50-years-new-york-review-books?nref=56909">Celebrating 50 Years of The New York Review of Books. The Future of Literary Journalism: A Conversation with Ian Buruma, Andrew Delbanco, Alma Guillermoprieto, and Zoë Heller, moderated by Joseph Lelyveld</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/nypl.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFVpZldOdmQ3aE5VcmR2UjRRSDIxcHc6MQ">Reserve your tickets now!</a> We hope to see you there!</p>Language and Literaturehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/11/23/nyrb-turns-48#commentsWed, 23 Nov 2011 13:18:22 -0500Comics at NYPL: A Research Guidehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/10/12/comics-nypl-research-guide
Raymond Pun<p><em>Please note: As of January 2017, <a href="https://www.nypl.org/about/divisions/general-research-division/microforms">Microforms Reading Room</a> materials are located in room 119 of the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>.</em></p>
<p><br /><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img alt="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" height="230" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/cover_0_0.img_assist_custom_0.jpg" title="" width="170" /></span>This week the <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/" rel="nofollow">New York Comic Con</a> is in town! From October 13 through 16, the New York Comic Con will be held in the <a href="http://www.javitscenter.com/" rel="nofollow">Javits Center</a> in Midtown Manhattan. This annual convention is dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, toys, video games, movies, and television!</p>
<p>At <a href="http://www.nypl.org/">NYPL</a>, we also celebrate comics and comic books. From the first issue of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11854114~S1"><em>Captain America</em></a> to <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11854128~S1"><em>Archie Comics</em></a>, NYPL collects comics for leisure reading and for research. We also offer programs on <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=anime%20night&amp;location=&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=10%2F11%2F2011">anime shows</a> and workshops on how to <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=drawing%20manga&amp;location=&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=10%2F11%2F2011">draw manga</a>. Comics and comic books are one of the most pervasive and influential media forms of 20th-century popular culture. A survey of current scholarly indexes demonstrates that researchers in the fields of history, sociology, and literature are discovering that studying comic books provides unique and valuable insights on 20th-century culture.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, as with other genres of popular literature, such as science fiction, comic books were often considered unworthy of addition to research library collections. The original NYPL Research Libraries policy was to collect representative samples of comic books and microfilm them. Emphasis was not placed on keeping original material.</p>
<p>This blog post will explore how to research and find historical comics at NYPL. Start by using the <a href="http://nypl.bibliocommons.com/" rel="nofollow">Library's online Catalog</a>. Under <strong>keyword</strong> you can type any of the following: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Comic Books</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Comic Strips</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Graphic Novels</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Caricature and Cartoons</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Manga</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Anime</a>, etc., or if you know exactly what you are looking for, change <strong>keyword</strong> to <strong>title</strong> and then type the name of the comic.</p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St:(superman)"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img alt="" class="image image image-preview" height="345" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/super_1.preview.png" title="" width="500" /></span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/">Catalog</a> will generate a list of comics. You can also narrow your search results on the left hand side by Availability, Format, Audience, or Acquired Time. For researching the history of comics, change the <strong>Availability</strong> to "<a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>."</p>
<p>We also recommend using the "<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org">classic catalog</a>" to refine your search. Under the classic catalog, change the <strong>keyword</strong> to <strong>subject</strong> and type "<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/dComic%20books,%20strips,%20etc.%20--%20Periodicals">Comic books, strips, etc. -- Periodicals</a>" — the results will bring Marvel, D.C., and other classic comics. For Japanese manga, under subject search, type "<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/dGraphic+novels+--+Japan./dgraphic+novels+japan/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=dgraphic+novels+japan&amp;1%2C492%2C">Graphic novels -- Japan.</a>" You can also type "Graphic novels -- (country of your interest)." Most historical comics are available as microfiche, which can be requested in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">Room 100, the Microform Reading Room</a> in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a>, while others can be borrowed in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations">neighborhood libraries</a>. You can also view comic strips from historical newspapers in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/microforms">Microform Reading Room.</a> Be sure to also consult with the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division">Dorot Jewish Division</a> for Jewish graphic novels and comics.</p>
<p>For books and guides, check out Randall Scott's <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11353777~S1">Comic Books And Strips: An Information Sourcebook</a>,</em><strong><em> </em></strong><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11467772~S1">Comics Librarianship: A Handbook</a>,</em> and Ernst Gerber's <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17496329~S1"><em>The Photo Journal Guide To Comic Books</em></a> (you can also search under the subject headings).</p>
<p>For periodicals, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11341751~S1"><em>Comics Journal</em></a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11342161~S1"><em>Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature</em></a> (search under "Comics"), and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(anime)">Idea</a> (in Japanese) will provide articles about comic books.</p>
<p>For e-resources, the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/national-newspaper-index-1977-present">National Newspapers</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/humanities-abstracts">Humanities International Complete</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/academic-search-premier">Academic Search Premier</a>, and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/library-literature">Library Literature</a> online databases will also provide articles about comic books.</p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St:(green lantern)"><span class="inline inline inline-middle inline-middle"><img alt="The Green Lantern" class="image image image-preview" height="277" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/200px-all-american_comics_16.jpg" title="The Green Lantern" width="200" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">The Green Lantern</span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Selected Internet Sites Covering Historical Comics:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.classicscentral.com/" rel="nofollow">Classics Central</a> — a web guide to Classics-illustrated comics.</p>
<p><a href="http://comics.lib.msu.edu/" rel="nofollow">Comic Arts Collection</a> — a website of the Special Collections and Archives of the James Branch Cabell Library.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cbldf.org/" rel="nofollow">Comic Book Legal Defense Fund</a> — a "non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community."</p>
<p><a href="http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/comics.html#meta" rel="nofollow">Comic Books: Internet Resources</a> — from SUNY Buffalo, an extensive directory of resources arranged by category.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tcj.com" rel="nofollow">Comics Journal</a> — "The Comics Journal is a magazine that covers the comics medium from an arts-first perspective. We are owned and operated by Fantagraphics Books, a leading publisher of alternative comic books."</p>
<p><a href="http://rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html" rel="nofollow">Comics Research Bibliography</a> — more than 10,000 entries related to comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinées, and other topics.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lambiek.net/artists/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Lambiek Comiclopedia</a> — this site features "an illustrated compendium of over 4,000 international comic artists with biographies and artwork examples."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/spec_coll/comix/" rel="nofollow">Moore Collection: Underground Comix</a> — a database featuring bibliograpic records of over 1,000 "underground" comic books.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.moccany.org/" rel="nofollow">Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art</a> — "The purpose of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is the collection, preservation, study, education, and display of comic and cartoon art. Every genre of the art is represented: animation, anime, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, humorous illustration, illustration, political illustration, editorial cartoons, caricature, graphic novels, sports cartoons, and computer-generated art."</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1401385" title="Shôchan no bôken = Adventures of Shôchan., Digital ID 1401385, New York Public Library"><img alt="Shôchan no bôken = Adventures of Shôchan., Digital ID 1401385, New York Public Library" height="221" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1401385&amp;t=w" title="Shôchan no bôken = Adventures of Shôchan., Digital ID 1401385, New York Public Library" width="300" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Shôchan no bôken = Adventures of Shôchan. (1923)</span></span></p>
<p>If you still have difficulty finding comics, feel free to send us a <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/126488">question</a> or <a href="http://www.nypl.org/node/115671">make an appointment with a librarian</a>.</p>
<p>More NYPL blog posts on <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/subject/1092">Comics &gt;&gt;</a></p>
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World Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/10/12/comics-nypl-research-guide#commentsWed, 12 Oct 2011 17:16:18 -0400April in the Reader's Den: The Poetry of Rumi, Persian Mystichttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/04/01/readers-den-april-rumi-persian-mystic
Sherri Machlin, Mulberry Street Library<p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/rumi-meditating-dark-background1.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="223" height="302" /></span></p>
<p>April 2011 marks the 16th anniversary of <a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41" rel="nofollow">National Poetry Month</a>, and we shall embark on this sweet 16 with an appreciation of everyone's favorite Sufi mystical poet, <a href="http://www.columbiagrangers.org/biography/20123" rel="nofollow">Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī</a>, otherwise known as Rumi (1207 - 1273 AD). Born in a remote Persian village in the region now known as Tajikistan, Rumi wrote poems of longing and ecstacy that made sweeping parallels between romantic and spiritual love. He was particularly fascinated with the use of music, dance, and poetry as the means for acheiving communion with the divine. We will discuss the following poem, which is a translation by <a href="http://www.colemanbarks.com/" rel="nofollow">Coleman Barks</a>. Translated versions of poetry may risk appearing as a phantom interpretation of the author's intentions, parlaying the impression of the translators ideals and values, so understandably some discrepencies may appear from the original text in Persian.</p>
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<p>These spiritual window-shoppers, who idly ask, <br />
'How much is that?' Oh, I'm just looking. <br />
They handle a hundred items and put them down, <br />
shadows with no capital. <br /><br />
What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping. <br />
But these walk into a shop, <br />
and their whole lives pass suddenly in that moment, <br />
in that shop. <br /><br />
Where did you go? 'Nowhere.'<br />
What did you have to eat? 'Nothing much.'<br /><br />
Even if you don't know what you want, <br />
buy something, to be part of the exchanging flow. <br /><br />
Start a huge, foolish project, <br />
like Noah. <br /><br />
It makes absolutely no difference <br />
what people think of you. <br /><br /><em>Mathnawi VI, 831-845</em></p>
<p><em>Find collections of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/Yrumi%20poems">Rumi's poems</a> in the catalog.</em></p>
<p>Questions for discussion:</p>
<ol><li>What are some examples of "spiritual window shopping"? What do you think Rumi meant by this phrase?</li>
<li>Rumi says "They handle a hundred items and put them down, <br />
shadows with no capital. What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping. But these walk into a shop, <br />
and their whole lives pass suddenly in that moment, <br />
in that shop."<br />
Can you relate this metaphor, observed in the early 13th century, to today?</li>
<li>Why do you think Rumi uses the example of starting a huge, foolish project as an anti-dote to "spiritual widowshopping"?</li>
<li>Can you think of any personal projects that you felt were like your Noah's ark?</li>
</ol><p>Please participate and share your thoughts about these questions, or just tell us what you think of this poem.</p>
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<p><strong><em>We Are Three</em></strong></p>Ancient, Medieval and Asian Philosophyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/04/01/readers-den-april-rumi-persian-mystic#commentsFri, 01 Apr 2011 13:37:51 -0400Can One Person Change History? A Soldier's Dreamhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/03/30/can-one-person-change-history-soldiers-dream
Jay Barksdale<p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/A_SOLDIERS_DREAM_-_cover.inline vertical.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="199" height="300" /></span>William Doyle, a writer in residence in the Library's <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/allen-room">Allen Room</a>, thinks so. His new book <em>A Soldier's Dream</em><strong> </strong>explores the question of whether one young American soldier helped change the course of the Iraq War? </p>
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<p>For six months in 2006, a charismatic U.S. Army captain and Arabic linguist named Travis Patriquin unleashed a diplomatic and cultural charm offensive upon the Sunni sheiks of Anbar province, the heart of darkness of the Iraqi insurgency. Through his striking personality and passion for Iraqi culture and Islamic history, combined with U.S. military firepower, he and his colleagues galvanized American support for "The Awakening,” a tribal revolt against Al Qaeda that spread across Iraq, one of the great turning points of the war.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/William_Doyle_Bio_Photo.jpg" alt="William Doyle" title="William Doyle" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="175" height="296" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">William Doyle</span></span>Come hear this engaging author when he presents a <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2011/03/31/soldier%E2%80%99s-dream-captain-travis-patriquin-and-awakening-iraq?nref=62451">free public lecture</a> at 1:15 this Thursday at the <a href="/locations/schwarzman" rel="nofollow">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> (42nd Street at Fifth Avenue.)</p>
<p>William Doyle’s book <em>A Soldier's Dream </em>will be published by Penguin-NAL on June 7, 2011. It is based on thousands of pages of declassified military documents and interviews with hundreds of Iraqis and American soldiers, marines and intelligence operatives, and on Patriquin’s own writings. It is one of the most inspiring stories to emerge from the American experience in Iraq.<br /><br />
“He was an extraordinary man who played a very, very important role. He was my brother.” Sheik Sattar Abu Risha, founder of the Awakening movement of Iraq<br /><br />
“Travis grew to mythical stature among the tribes. He played a very decisive role when the tribes were attacked by Al Qaeda, and this is what caused all of Anbar province to flip over to our side. When he was killed and I talked to sheiks from all around Ramadi, east, west, north south, it didn’t matter, their eyes would all brim with tears whenever you mentioned his name. They just adored him.” Lt. Col. Sean MacFarland<br /><br />
“This guy was a 100% red-blooded American but he had a connection with the Iraqi people that was absolutely unique. There’s nobody in our army who could have developed the relationships that he developed.” Lt. Col. Pete Lee<br /><br />
“He was our T.E. Lawrence.” Lt. Col. Dave Grossman<br /><br />
“My God, there is nobody in the world who connected more deeply with the Iraqi people than Travis. They adored him.” Atheer Agoubi, Baghdad-born interpreter<br /><br />
William Doyle is the author of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17638585~S1"><em>An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962</em></a>, which won the 2002 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award and American Library Association Alex Award, and was a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Finalist and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. His previous book <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17313153~S1"><em>Inside the Oval Office: the White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton</em></a> was a New York Times Notable Book and the basis of an A&amp;E special that won Doyle the Writers Guild of America Award for Best TV Documentary. He has interviewed historical figures such as Henry Kissinger, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates and David Petraeus, and served as Director of Original Programming and Executive Producer for HBO.</p>
<p> </p>History of the Middle Easthttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/03/30/can-one-person-change-history-soldiers-dream#commentsWed, 30 Mar 2011 14:30:17 -0400African Americans in Early American sheet musichttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/02/25/african-americans-early-american-sheet-music
Bob Kosovsky, Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/Dibdin_as_Mungo.inline vertical.jpg" alt="Charles Dibdin in the character of Mungo in the celebrated opera The Padlock (1762) (from the UI Urbana Library Digital Collections)" title="Charles Dibdin in the character of Mungo in the celebrated opera The Padlock (1762) (from the UI Urbana Library Digital Collections)" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="242" /><span class="caption caption caption">Charles Dibdin in the character of Mungo in the celebrated opera The Padlock (1762) (from the UI Urbana Library Digital Collections)</span></span></p>
<p>What was the view of African Americans as reflected in early American music? Most histories of American music begin in the mid-19th century with minstrelsy or folk music (the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american_music" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</a> is typical, beginning around 1850). It’s rare for studies on African American music to go back earlier, in part because there is so little.</p>
<p>But there is some.</p>
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<p>In making more of our collections accessible online, I recently I scanned the card file for our AM1 collection (called "A M one"). This collection contains about 5,500 items of early American sheet music from about 1769 through about 1830, including many unique and rare items. Once I had completed the scanning, I began to do keyword searches in ways that had not been previously possible. Lo and behold, I found some examples of music that dealt with African Americans—appropriate for Black History Month. </p>
<p>When we use the term “African American” today we generally mean Americans of African descent, or recent immigrants from Africa. But when dealing with this music from two centuries ago, we need to take a broader understanding of the idiom “African American.” Many of these songs were first written, performed, and published in England, and then brought over to the colonies that became the United States where the dissemination process was repeated. With no change of text, what were conceived of as “African Englishmen” become “African Americans” by virtue of how the audience would have understood it. Further, it is sometimes difficult to discern whether the individuals portrayed in these songs (usually referred to as Negros) are born in Africa, or are descendants of those born in Africa. One can see this as an early example of willful ignorance between those forcibly taken from Africa and their descendants. (For context, it is helpful to know that the British Abolition movement was already taking root in the 1760s; slave trade in England ceased in 1807, followed by the ending of slavery there in 1833.) So in this blog entry readers needs to keep their definitions fluid: "African Americans" could mean Africans, Africans in England or America, or their descendents.</p>
<p>It is interesting to see that a majority of these songs are theatrical—they first appeared in plays with music (the historic equivalent of today's musicals). So the image of Africans in these songs is tied up with actual stage portrayals. (At the time, virtually all African or African American characters were portrayed by white persons in blackface, long before the idea of “blackface” became generally acknowledged).</p>
<p>According to Harry Dichter and Elliott Shapiro’s <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14450011~S1"><em>Early American Sheet Music: Its Lure and Its Lore, 1768-1889</em></a>:</p>
<p><em>Songs and music associated with the Negro and published in America before 1820 are extremely rare. The earliest mention of a Negro song being done in character is “Dear Heart! What a Terrible Life am I Led” sung by Lewis Hallam the younger in Bickerstaff’s The Padlock on May 29, 1769 at the theatre in John Street, New York.</em></p>
<p>We don’t have American sheet music for “Dear Heart.” But since this play was originally written in England, a quick search of our catalog revealed that we have a score and libretto for the work as originally produced and published in London in 1768 with music by Charles Dibdin (1745-1814). </p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/padlock_cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="Title page of The Padlock, play by Isaac Bickerstaffe, music by Charles Dibdin" title="Title page of The Padlock, play by Isaac Bickerstaffe, music by Charles Dibdin" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="540" height="393" /><span class="caption caption caption">Title page of The Padlock, play by Isaac Bickerstaffe, music by Charles Dibdin</span></span></p>
<p>The play involves a man who seeks to date a woman, but her father is against the union. To characterize this obstinate father, playwright Isaac Bickerstaff introduces Mungo, an African slave to the woman’s father. (Mungo was first portrayed by composer Dibdin in blackface.) Mungo wearies of life under this master. His initial song expresses the difficulty of his situation:</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/Dear_Heart_0.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="&quot;Dear Heart,&quot; song sung by Mungo, a black slave in Isaac Bickerstaffe&#039;s &quot;The Padlock,&quot; music by Charles Dibdin" title="&quot;Dear Heart,&quot; song sung by Mungo, a black slave in Isaac Bickerstaffe&#039;s &quot;The Padlock,&quot; music by Charles Dibdin" class="image image image-img_assist_custom" width="539" height="230" /><span class="caption caption caption">"Dear Heart," song sung by Mungo, a black slave in Isaac Bickerstaffe's "The Padlock," music by Charles Dibdin</span></span></p>
<p><em><span>Dear Heart</span></em><br /><em>what a terrible life I am led.</em><br /><em>A dog has a better</em><br /><em>that’s shelter’d and fed.</em><br /><em>Night and day ‘tis the same</em><br /><em>My pain is their game.</em><br /><em>I wish to my heart I was dead.</em></p>
<p>(The song continues; several online versions of the libretto can be found in our online resource <a target="_blank" href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=e1000292~S1">Eighteenth Century Collections Online</a>, available through our Catalog at any branch of The New York Public Library.) </p>
<p>Unlike the derogatory stereotyped characterizations found later in the 19th century, Bickerstaff’s portrayal of an African man is sympathetic, showing how he struggles in servitude to an unpleasant master. Later in the play, once the master has been tricked and his daughter and suitor are united, Mungo has a joyous song. I can’t find evidence this song was issued in sheet music, but nevertheless it is one of the earliest representations of an African man in a happy mood on stage in Britain and America:</p>
<p><em>Let me when my heart a sinking</em><br /><em>hear the sweet guitar a clinking</em><br /><em>When de string peak </em><br /><em>such musick he make</em><br /><em>I soon am cur’d of thinking.</em></p>
<p>For a finale, the young man and woman, together with Mungo and another character sing a quartet that provides a happy conclusion to the play.</p>
<p>The “comic opera” <em>Inkle and Yarico</em> (libretto by George Colman and music by Samuel Arnold) was first seen in London in 1787, later travelling to New York in 1789 and Philadelphia in 1790. The plot of this work was challenging: Stranded on an island, Inkle, a white man, has an affair with the native woman Yarico. When he tries to abandon her, she presents their child to all assembled, forcing him to recognize and acknowledge their relationship. In the libretti that I checked I could not find a role for, or a reference to Negros or African Americans. But the song "The Negro Boy," apparently sung by Inkle, was clearly part of the work before and after it arrived in America, and was issued in sheet music format. Our copy was issued in Philadelphia:</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/Negro_boy.inline vertical.jpg" alt="The Negro Boy, song from Inkle and Yarico, published by Benjamin Carr of Philadelphia (ca. 1790)" title="The Negro Boy, song from Inkle and Yarico, published by Benjamin Carr of Philadelphia (ca. 1790)" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="251" /><span class="caption caption caption">The Negro Boy, song from Inkle and Yarico, published by Benjamin Carr of Philadelphia (ca. 1790)</span></span></p>
<p><em>When thirst of Gold enslaves the mind </em><br /><em>and selfish views alone bear sway</em><br /><em>Man turns a savage to his kink </em><br /><em>and blood and rapine mark his way</em><br /><em>alas for this poor simple toy </em><br /><em>I sold a guiltless Negro boy.</em></p>
<p>The song continues with 3 additional verses, the last of which is here:</p>
<p><em>May he who walks upon the wind</em><br /><em>Whose voice in thunder heard on high</em><br /><em>Who doth the raging tempest bind</em><br /><em>And wings the lightning thro the sky</em><br /><em>Forgive the wretch that for a toy</em><br /><em>Could sell a helpless Negro boy.</em></p>
<p>How fascinating to see this sophisticated understanding of slavery written before 1800. In this song, Inkle uses the sale of an African boy to admit and acknowledge his guilt and remorse for having done such an inhuman act.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a title="Inkle and Yarico (Digital ID 1251625, New York Public Library)" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1251625"><img width="300" height="268" alt="Inkle and Yarico (Digital ID 1251625, New York Public Library)" title="Inkle and Yarico (Digital ID 1251625, New York Public Library)" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1251625&amp;t=w" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">A scene from Inkle and Yarico (image from the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery)</span></span></p>
<p>The song “Poor Black Boy,” also came from a theatrical work, “a musical farce” called <em>The Prize</em> written by Prince Hoare with music by Stephen Storace (who had been an acquaintance of Mozart while living in Vienna in the 1780s). First produced in London in 1793, the following year the song was published as sheet music in Philadelphia:</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/Poor_Black_Boy.inline vertical.jpg" alt="&quot;Poor Black Boy&quot; from &quot;The Prize,&quot; a musical farce written by Prince Hoare with music by Stephen Storace" title="&quot;Poor Black Boy&quot; from &quot;The Prize,&quot; a musical farce written by Prince Hoare with music by Stephen Storace" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="266" height="300" /><span class="caption caption caption">"Poor Black Boy" from "The Prize," a musical farce written by Prince Hoare with music by Stephen Storace</span></span></p>
<p>In this play, Juba is a young slave to Heartwell. The online libretti for <em>The Prize</em> (again, available in any branch of The New York Public Library through <a target="_blank" href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=e1000292~S1">Eighteenth Century Collections Online</a>) contain only two verses for "Poor Black Boy," while the American sheet music from our AM1 collection contains three verses (with a few differences in text for the first and second verse):</p>
<p>1)<br /><em>Your care of money ah care no more </em><br /><em>no tink if you be rich or poor</em><br /><em>my mind employ </em><br /><em>Me stay wid you, no sorry no</em><br /><em>and where away my Massa go </em><br /><em>go “poor Black Boy.”</em></p>
<p>2)<br /><em>You good to me dat keepy here</em><br /><em>No Massa dat you never fear</em><br /><em>Long time destroy</em><br /><em>Me know death kill but leave one part</em><br /><em>He never kill de loving heart</em><br /><em>Of “Poor Black Boy.”</em></p>
<p>3)<br /><em>Me sigh with you when you be sad</em><br /><em>And when you merry much and glad</em><br /><em>Me share your joy</em><br /><em>For do my face be darky hue</em><br /><em>Theres still a faithful soul and true</em><br /><em>In “Poor Black Boy.”</em></p>
<p>This is the opening song sung in <em>The Prize</em> and immediately establishes Juba and his master Heartwell as sympathetic characters. Using dialect (which a number of scholars have told me is a significant aspect to the portrayal of African Americans), this song paints a more nuanced character of a servant or slave—a far cry from the one-dimensional characters one sees after the rise of minstrelsy in mid-century. Here, the slave has a life and has feelings; even though he is dependent on the master, he is also concerned for both of their well-being. </p>
<p>These are just three examples from our AM1 and regular collections, all dating from before 1800. It is interesting to see that a majority of these songs are theatrical—they first appeared in the historic equivalent of musicals or comic operas. So the portrayal of Africans in these songs is tied up with actual stage portrayals.</p>
<p>The pattern that emerges from these songs portrays African Americans as people to be pitied. Perhaps because these are songs, a number of the texts illustrate African Americans taking particular joy in music—a notion that was to become a strong and eventually a crude stereotype throughout American history.</p>
<p>In the future I hope to illustrate several more songs from the early part of the 19th century, all taken from our rich AM1 collection. </p>African American Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/02/25/african-americans-early-american-sheet-music#commentsFri, 25 Feb 2011 17:06:00 -0500Teaching Religion in the Secular Classroom: Nothing to Fearhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/01/24/teaching-religion-secular-classroom
Anshu Wahi<p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53623202@N08/5093438257/in/set-72157625676327575/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/PhotoA.inline vertical.jpg" alt="&quot;Faith&quot; by Omnia, a 10th grader at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan. &quot;When asked to take a picture of what faith means to me, I took a picture of my best friends,&quot; wrote Omnia. &quot;True friendship is the result of faith and trust in one another.&quot;" title="&quot;Faith&quot; by Omnia, a 10th grader at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan. &quot;When asked to take a picture of what faith means to me, I took a picture of my best friends,&quot; wrote Omnia. &quot;True friendship is the result of faith and trust in one another.&quot;" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="225" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">"Faith" by Omnia, a 10th grader at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan. "When asked to take a picture of what faith means to me, I took a picture of my best friends," wrote Omnia. "True friendship is the result of faith and trust in one another."</span></span></a>In our work at the <a href="https://www.tanenbaum.org/" rel="nofollow">Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding</a>, we regularly come across public school educators who believe that they are not supposed to talk about religion in the classroom. On the contrary, we feel that teachers can and should teach about religion.</p>
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<p>In fact, the <a href="http://www.aarweb.org/" rel="nofollow">American Academy of Religion</a> recently published its <a href="http://www.aarweb.org/Publications/Online_Publications/Curriculum_Guidelines/AARK-12CurriculumGuidelines.pdf" rel="nofollow">Guidelines for Teaching about Religion</a> because religion is embedded in curriculum standards across disciplines, and religious illiteracy fuels prejudice and antagonism, hindering efforts at promoting respect for diversity, peaceful coexistence and global citizenship. Further, the U.S. Supreme Court has stated: “It might well be said that one’s education is not complete without a study of comparative religion, or the history of religion and its relationship to the advancement of civilization."</p>
<p>That's why we feel it is heartening to see how many students have participated in The New York Public Library's "<a href="http://exhibitions.nypl.org/threefaiths/node/23">Faith on the Street</a>" photography project, which is an off-shoot of its current exhibition <a href="http://exhibitions.nypl.org/threefaiths/"><em>Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam</em></a>, now on display at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</a> on 42nd Street. Inviting the public to submit photographs of contemporary expressions of faith and religion in New York City to the "Faith on the Street" gallery helps to normalize the inclusion of religion in how we view ourselves and society.</p>
<p>It is just this kind of practical application that we at Tanenbaum believe is necessary to work toward the vision that people of all beliefs—from the most religiously devout to the most committed atheist—can live, learn, and work peacefully together in a spirit of true respect. </p>
<p>Tanenbaum is a secular, non-sectarian organization that recognizes that religion and faith are powerful forces in people’s lives. However, religion as<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53623202@N08/5324658345/in/set-72157625749344070/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/photo1.inline vertical.jpg" alt="A student takes a private moment to pray inside Stuyvesant High School. Photo by Xixi (Shirley) Lu, senior at Stuyvesant High School." title="A student takes a private moment to pray inside Stuyvesant High School. Photo by Xixi (Shirley) Lu, senior at Stuyvesant High School." class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="235" height="300" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">A student takes a private moment to pray inside Stuyvesant High School. Photo by Xixi (Shirley) Lu, senior at Stuyvesant High School.</span></span></a> an aspect of identity and diversity is often ignored. We work in educational settings, workplaces, health care settings and areas of armed conflict to address this discrepancy. Our <a href="https://www.tanenbaum.org/programs/education" rel="nofollow">Religion and Diversity Education Program</a> equips educators with pedagogical tools, techniques and lessons to create truly multicultural classrooms and develop an appreciation of differences. </p>
<p>“Faith on the Street” is a fantastic example of how religion and faith can be brought into the secular classroom. As a class assignment, the project can act as a catalyst to valuable classroom conversations and stimulating curiosity, by allowing the students to personalize the experience as they are the artist and witness to whatever they choose to photograph. </p>
<p>Even if students don't go out to take their own photographs, "Faith on the Street" can still be a useful tool for teachers. Whether or not students submit their own work, it is certainly worth it for young people to view the gallery to spur conversations about the ways that religion and faith—broadly defined—appear all around us.</p>
<p>What’s wonderful about the gallery is that faith is interpreted in many ways. A couple of entrants submitted photos of their siblings and friends with moving captions explaining where the student saw faith in this. There is also a photo of Halloween as well as many traditional images of religion. Questions educators could consider asking after viewing the gallery could be: How do you see faith represented in this picture? What do people consider faith to be? What is considered religion? What faiths and religions were represented in these photos? Which weren’t? How do we see atheism and agnosticism represented in contemporary society?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53623202@N08/5248619597/in/set-72157625763617230/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/PhotoC.inline vertical.jpg" alt="Lighting Sabbath candles. By Kaitlin F., a student at Bronx High School of Science" title="Lighting Sabbath candles. By Kaitlin F., a student at Bronx High School of Science" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="213" height="300" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Lighting Sabbath candles. By Kaitlin F., a student at Bronx High School of Science</span></span></a> It is imperative that educators and students are able to have conversations that include religion as an aspect of culture. The New York Public Library, through the Three Faiths exhibit and the “Faith on the Street” project, has provided a wonderful lens through which to explore these topics. </p>
<p><em>Anshu Wahi is the Program Associate for the Religion and Diversity Education Program at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding</em>.</p>
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<p>On Feb. 5, Tanenbaum, The New York Public Library, and Facing History and Ourselves will host a free educator workshop examining religious tolerance historically and in the contemporary classroom. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (registration begins at 9:30 a.m.) at NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan. Please RSVP at <a href="mailto:education@tanenbaum.org" rel="nofollow">education@tanenbaum.org</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53623202@N08/5201644939/in/set-72157625425693113/" rel="nofollow"><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/PhotoD.inline vertical.jpg" alt="&quot;Faith&quot; by Terry Lawson, a student at Curtis High School, Staten Island" title="&quot;Faith&quot; by Terry Lawson, a student at Curtis High School, Staten Island" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="300" height="201" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">"Faith" by Terry Lawson, a student at Curtis High School, Staten Island</span></span></a><a href="http://www2.facinghistory.org/Campus/Events.nsf/HTMLProfessionalDevelopment/6C4917C14A6BBB41852577F200601FFE?Opendocument" rel="nofollow">Facing History and Ourselves</a> will begin the conference by looking at religious tolerance in America’s early years based on a 1790 letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. Building on this, Tanenbaum will address current issues of religion and religious freedom in the classroom using our "<a href="https://www.tanenbaum.org/programs/education/our-pedagogy" rel="nofollow">Seven Principles for Inclusive Education</a>." At the end of the workshop, participants will have an opportunity to enhance their learning by exploring the Library’s exhibition <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/three-faiths-judaism-christianity-islam"><em>Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam</em></a>.</p>
<p>Previously, Tanenbaum joined The New York Public Library for a panel discussion called "<a href="http://exhibitions.nypl.org/threefaiths/public-programs/educator">The Sacred in the Secular Classroom</a>" held at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</a> on Oct. 26, 2010.</p>Social Scienceshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/01/24/teaching-religion-secular-classroom#commentsMon, 24 Jan 2011 16:35:06 -0500Changing the Changing Cityhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/07/14/changing-changing-city
Laura Ruttum<p><span class="inline inline inline-center inline-center"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1219219" title=" II, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, looking west from Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan., Digital ID 1219219, New York Public Library"><img width="199" height="250" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1219219&amp;t=w" alt=" II, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, looking west from Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan., Digital ID 1219219, New York Public Library" title=" II, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, looking west from Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan., Digital ID 1219219, New York Public Library" /></a></span></p>
<p>Seeking further enlightenment into the city we call home, I recently took a <a href="http://www.newschool.edu/ce/humanities-subpage.aspx?id=36339" rel="nofollow">class on the literary and cultural history of New York City</a>. Among the many themes common to New York City novels we discussed was the portrayal of the city itself as a character with power to shape the lives of its citizens.</p>
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<p>Many of us New Yorkers have felt this pressure in our own lives: we choose where to live based on our budgets, our hobbies, our family situation, and often our ethnic, linguistic or religious origins. The neighborhoods we choose shape our daily lives in ways it is sometimes difficult for those who have never lived in this city to understand. Those with many amenities—such as proximity to work, a doorman, safe neighborhoods and nearby groceries, banks, libraries and schools—have a lighter load than those without. Those without spend significant amounts of their time dealing with aspects of daily life taken for granted by others. Small choices we make out of necessity allow New York to determine the details of our lives in ways great and small.</p>
<p>Sometimes we are content with these choices, but it is not uncommon to meet New Yorkers displeased with their lot, who feel they have a constricted menu of options. This pessimistic view sees the city as a monolithic beast before which we quake as powerless mortals. We are the dispirited <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17680978~S1">Bartlebys</a> and the savage and depraved hoodlums of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17930311~S1"><em>Last Exit to Brooklyn</em></a>.</p>
<p>But is this image of the city as a force stronger than its citizens an entirely valid representation? Is it not possible that we shape the city in return?</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1676963" title="LaGuardia, Fiorello, H. - Whalen, Grover - Looking at architectural model, Digital ID 1676963, New York Public Library"><img width="174" height="220" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=1676963&amp;t=w" alt="LaGuardia, Fiorello, H. - Whalen, Grover - Looking at architectural model, Digital ID 1676963, New York Public Library" title="LaGuardia, Fiorello, H. - Whalen, Grover - Looking at architectural model, Digital ID 1676963, New York Public Library" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Fiorello La Guardia, ca. 1939</span></span>There is the Great Man theory of change, of course, that people like <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10311633~S1">Robert Moses</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11266122~S1">Fiorello La Guardia</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15770629~S1">Jane Jacobs</a>, and yes, even <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16096895~S1">Rudy Giuliani</a> are responsible for giving the city a dramatic push towards revolutionary change.</p>
<p>There are also social movements that bring about change—think <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11883987~S1">neighborhood organizing in Harlem</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17776921~S1">Stonewall Inn and the Gay Rights movement</a>, or the more recent development of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18028981~S1">bicycling activism</a>.</p>
<p>But when it comes down to it, most of us aren’t mayors, or city planners or social activists. Most New Yorkers live their daily lives in small ways, and yet they still exert what I like to call “unconscious change.” The choices they make—where to shop, where to live and socialize—are like dripping water on a stone.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?79887" title="Immigrant family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island, Digital ID 79887, New York Public Library"><img width="175" height="217" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=79887&amp;t=w" alt="Immigrant family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island, Digital ID 79887, New York Public Library" title="Immigrant family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island, Digital ID 79887, New York Public Library" /></a></span></p>
<p>The actions of numerous individuals all making seemingly private, personal decisions with their lives form a stream growing in force until the city is powerless to overturn its onslaught. We see this in myriad ways, from the building of the city ever northwards from the moment it was founded—by individuals setting up shop and constructing homes—to the influx of immigrants during the late 1800s, and the great migrations from the southern states in the early twentieth century. These demographic shifts forever altered the culture, cuisine, religious makeup, and literally the faces of the typical New Yorker. And similar movements continue to do so today.</p>
<p>Not only do new populations remake the larger shape of the city, their complicated ebb and flow alter the look and feel, and even economic status, of neighborhoods. This movement of social or ethnic communities is a phenomenon that has always existed, although today many rail against the form of it known as “gentrification.” However one feels about it—whether you are moving into an exciting “new” neighborhood or being pushed out by rising rents—demographic change traditionally has been THE defining factor of New York City neighborhood history.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?482835" title="Lebanon Restaurant (Syrian), 88 Washington Street, Manhattan., Digital ID 482835, New York Public Library"><img width="175" height="220" src="https://images.nypl.org/?id=482835&amp;t=w" alt="Lebanon Restaurant (Syrian), 88 Washington Street, Manhattan., Digital ID 482835, New York Public Library" title="Lebanon Restaurant (Syrian), 88 Washington Street, Manhattan., Digital ID 482835, New York Public Library" /></a><span class="caption caption caption">Restaurant in "Little Syria"</span></span>For example, many know that Washington Heights, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood today, was once overwhelmingly German. But few remember that the area around Battery Park City was once called “Little Syria,” due to the Syrian, Lebanese and Turkish immigrants settled in the area. As any long-term resident can tell you, the character of neighborhoods can sometimes change quite drastically, with nary a reminder of their former selves left behind. The only constant in New York is constant change.</p>
<p>So while we may sometimes feel powerless in our daily struggle against the city and its inconveniences, sometimes it’s a relief to think you, too, are leaving behind your mark, one small choice at a time.</p>
<p>For further inspiration on this topic, try these books:</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11770007~S1"><em>Around the World in New York</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12861274~S1"><em>Call It Sleep</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12694465~S1"><em>The Changing City</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12014659~S1"><em>From Urban Village to East Village</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13111497~S1"><em>His Family</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18042843~S1"><em>A Meaningful Life</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18276197~S1"><em>Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18236307~S1"><em>New York: The Big City and Its Little Neighborhoods</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16441334~S1"><em>Tenants of East Harlem</em></a></li>
</ul><p>And these photograph collections:</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&amp;col_id=160">Changing New York: The Photographs of Berenice Abbott</a></li>
<li><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?col_id=175">Lewis Wickes Hine: Documentary Photographs, 1905-1938</a></li>
<li><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgtitle_tree.cfm?level=1&amp;title_id=359206">Photographic Views of New York City, 1870s-1970s</a></li>
</ul><p>Subject Headings:</p>
<p>Community development. Urban -- New York (State) -- New York<br />
Cultural pluralism -- New York (State) -- New York.<br />
Gentrification. -- New York (State) -- New York<br />
Neighborhoods -- New York (State) -- New York.<br />
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.<br />
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.<br />
Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York</p>Manhattanhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/07/14/changing-changing-city#commentsWed, 14 Jul 2010 11:49:58 -040021st-Century Women on Filmhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/02/26/21st-century-women-film
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<h2>Jefferson Market recognizes Women's History Month with its March film series</h2>
<p>Global women's issues are the focus of Jefferson Market Branch's Monday night film series in March, which is <a href="http://www.nwhp.org/whm/history.php" rel="nofollow">National Women's History Month</a>.</p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-right inline-right"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/volver.inline vertical.jpg" alt="Volver screens March 15 at Jefferson Market" title="Volver screens March 15 at Jefferson Market" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="203" height="300" /><span class="caption caption caption" style="border:1px solid #000000">Volver screens March 15 at Jefferson Market</span></span>The series, titled <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs?location=39&amp;series=&amp;type=957&amp;audience=&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=03%2F01%2F2010">21st-Century Women on Film</a>, includes five movies made in the first decade of the 2000s, and examines contemporary challenges facing women across four continents. The opening film, screening Monday, March 1 at 6pm, is the 2007 Romanian drama <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C|Rb18039571|S4+months+3+weeks|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl"><em>4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days</em></a>, which follows the harrowing experience of a young woman helping her friend obtain an illegal abortion. Though set in 1987, during Romania's oppressive Communist-era Ceausescu regime, director Cristian Mungiu's Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm winner unblinkingly looks at a subject that continues to be of great relevance to women worldwide. </p>
<p>Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's 2001 film <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C|Rb17880065|Skandahar|Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl"><em>Kandahar</em></a>, being shown Monday, March 8 at 6pm, turns its eye on an even more brutal environment for women: that of pre-9/11 Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. One woman who escaped the country as a girl returns to find her sister, who has been disabled by a land mine. Shot on the Iran-Afghanistan border, the film uses non-professional actors and a semi-documentary style to establish an authentic portrait of the location and its inhabitants.</p>
<p>Though its plot includes abuse, terminal illness, and murder, Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodovar's 2006 <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C|Rb17163896|Svolver|Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A|P0%2C1|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl"><em>Volver</em></a>, on Monday, March 15 at 6pm, is of an altogether more upbeat character. Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz (whose costumes are generously padded to suggest an Iberian Sophia Loren) stars as Raimunda, a working woman juggling family responsibilities to her daughter, sister, and aunt; when her thought-to-be-deceased mother (Almodovar vet Carmen Maura) returns from the dead, Raimunda really has her hands full.</p>
<p>Joshua Marston's <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C|Rb17217141|Smaria+full+of+grace|P0%2C1|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl"><em>Maria Full of Grace</em></a>, screening Monday, March 22 at 6pm, follows a young pregnant Colombian woman (Oscar nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno) on her unorthodox journey to the United States, acting as a drug mule with a bellyful of cocaine packets. The film portrays the American Dream beckoning Maria as it has so many others, and also the mixed dividends paid by reality once she arrives in New York. </p>
<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/friends_with_money.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" width="80" height="115" /></span>To most eyes, the wealthy L.A. women in Nicole Holofcener's <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C|Rb17522212|Sfriends+with+money|P0%2C1|Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=pearl">Friends with Money</a> </em>would<em> </em>appear to be living the American Dream. And so they are--which of course doesn't guarantee them personal happiness. Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener, and Joan Cusack play three of the well heeled women, while Jennifer Aniston co-stars as their downwardly mobile friend.</p>
<p>National Women's Day was established by the Socialist Party of America in 1909, and <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp" rel="nofollow">International Women's Day</a> followed in 1911; March 8 has been the date for the observance since 1913. March was designated National Women's History Month in 1987; the theme for the 2010 celebation is <a href="http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php" rel="nofollow">Writing Women Back into History</a>. One thing that Jefferson Market's series is meant to demonstrate is that women's history is an ongoing process.</p>Women's Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/02/26/21st-century-women-film#commentsFri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:43 -0500